Keep in mind, that when Mr. Reagan was shot due to an assassination attempt - the Presidential limousine on its way to the hospital, the Secret Service completely familiar with the streets of Washington DC got "lost" for quite some time. The ambulance carrying James Brady, arriving to the assassination scene 5 mins after the Presidential limousine left with a wounded Ronald Reagan inside, arrived at the hospital before the Presidential limousine. When Mr. Reagan found this information out, his relationship with his co-executive was never the same.
Rick:
I wonder where you got this from; it does not match what I remember from when it happened. We who were in Dc at the time followed this mighty closely, and .Ii believe I would have taken note of a delay in reaching the hospital. Particularly since I had previously spent several years as a paramedic and ambulance driver.
This timeline sounds much more accurate:
2:30 Shots are fired outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Reagan is pushed (hard) into his limosine and swears when Secret Service agent Jerry Parr lands on top of him. The limo heads for the White House (at high speed, one would presume), ten minutes away.
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2:35 Reagan's limosine arrives at the entrance of the GW Emergency Room.
I'm still trying to figure out what you meant about the co-executive. Did you mean VP Bush? If so, I cannot figure out why Reagan would have changed his professional or personal relationship with Bush because of something that happened when Bush wasn't even around.
Could you elaborate?
