Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
A terrifying snippet from the last leg of the Cold War. Thanks to a remarkably
well-placed news camera, we get to witness a startled President just over two
months into his first term, secret service agents swarming and hustling away a
deranged John Hinckley, the retrieval of the “nuclear football,” and press
secretary James Brady taking the bullet that would paralyze him for life.
The Timeline 