Document intéressant dévoilé aujourd'hui. On peut entendre les agents des services secrets qui discutent des mesures à prendre après l'attentat de mars 1981 contre le Président Ronald Reagan. Ils accompagnent le Président dans la voiture et décideront éventuellement de la conduire à l'hôpital. Au départ, on ne le croit pas blessé gravement... Plusieurs se souviendront du "I hope you are all republicans" qu'il lance aux médecins qui le traiteront!
Un extrait de l'article sur le site du Washington post:
At first, it seemed the president had escaped injury, according to the recordings. "Rawhide is okay," Parr said over his radio, referring to Reagan's Secret Service codename, according to the tapes. Parr then told an agent over the radio that they were heading back to "Crown," the codename for the White House.
However, Reagan's condition rapidly deteriorated: he was struggling to breathe, his face turned ashen and frothy blood appeared on his lips, Parr has said.
Parr quickly changed his mind and directed the limousine to the nearest trauma center, George Washington University Hospital. Over the radio, the limousine's driver, Agent Drew Unrue, alerted other agents to the change in course: "We want to go the emergency room of George Washington," he said calmly.
Within three minutes of the shooting, the presidential limousine reached the entrance to the hospital's emergency room. Reagan collapsed shortly after walking through the ER doors, but he was resuscitated.
At first, no one knew Reagan had been wounded -- some thought he had suffered a heart attack or a punctured lung. But it soon became clear he had been hit by one of Hinckley's bullets and he eventually underwent underwent major chest surgery to stop his bleeding and remove the bullet fragment, which was lodged just an inch from his heart.
Reagan would lose more than half of his blood but recover and return to the White House 12 days later. He went on to serve two-full terms as president."
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