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Secret Service Tape From Reagan Attack is Released

Today, a 30 year old tape has been released containing audio from the aftermath of the Reagan shooting.

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For those of you that are having a hard time understanding the audio, open the spoiler for some of the details.

At 2:27 p.m., 19 seconds into the tape, agent Ray Shaddick radios: "Advise, we've had shots fired. Shots fired. There are some injuries, uh, lay one on."

Sixteen seconds later, Parr radios assurance about a president whose Secret Service code name was drawn from the Westerns he loved: "Rawhide is OK. Follow-up. Rawhide is OK."

"You wanna go to the hospital or back to the White House?" Shaddick asks.

"We're going right. we're going to Crown," Parr says, using a code word for the White House.

"Back to the White House," Shaddick repeats. "Rawhide is OK."

Twenty-four seconds later, a voice asserts again: "Rawhide's alright."

But 25 seconds after that, the plan abruptly changes: "We want to go to the emergency room of George Washington."

Nowhere in the tape does anyone state that the president is hurt.

Inside the car, however, as participants have told it, Reagan was worsening. Parr had quickly checked Reagan as they sped away and finding nothing terribly amiss, preferred the safety and medical facilities of the White House to an unsecured hospital. And when Reagan found blood in his mouth, the president told his men he must have cut his lip. But Reagan was becoming more ashen, complained of trouble breathing and the bleeding did not appear to be from a mere cut. Parr ordered the diversion to the hospital.

"Go to George Washington fast," agent Drew Unrue is heard saying, at 01:57 minutes into the tape.

"Get an ambulance," Parr tells the command post, known as Horsepower. "I mean get the, um, stretcher out there." He wants the hospital to be ready to wheel the president in.

"We've made the call," Horsepower replies.

"Let's hustle," Parr says.

Sirens are heard, and a voice confirms that authorities have captured a suspect. Hinckley was piled on and arrested at the scene.

Less than four minutes after Reagan left the Hilton, the car carrying the stricken president arrives at the hospital. Moments later, "Rainbow" — Nancy Reagan — is on her way.

Interesting stuff in my opinion......

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Not going to lie, I didn't even know somebody attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan. I looked it up on youtube and it really is pretty shocking. All the chaos and commotion...