NYTimes: Reconstructing the Day Reagan Fell: Chaos After a President’s Shooting

From The New York Times:

BOOKS OF THE TIMES: Reconstructing the Day Reagan Fell: Chaos After a President's Shooting

Del Quentin Wilber, a Washington Post reporter, writes an account of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, his surgery and the White House's handling of the crisis.

http://nyti.ms/iiwAwe

"Rawhide Down" is a fast-paced book that captures many points of view. Nurses and medical technicians have especially candid memories of the pressure they faced, the uncertainty about how to deal with such an important patient and the ad-hoc solutions they devised. They decided to call him Mr. Reagan rather than Mr. President; the situation would be less frightening that way. They were amazed by his joking, his courtesy and his general lack of V.I.P. attitude.

- Jon

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