Nothing less than the existence of God can explain this funny world. His edgy sense of humor is manifest in all things. This occasional blog helps you take comfort, of a sort, from that divine finger in your eye.
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Twenty-five years ago today.
Then president Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley. Hinckley missed the President with all six shots but one of the bullets did ricochet off of the bullet-proof glass of the presidential limo and strike the President in the chest. Press Secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delehanty, and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy were also injured, Brady most seriously. The President was taken to George Washington University Hospital where my sister was the resident in charge of the emergency room. Although she never actually treated him -- other people saw to him while she did the paperwork -- she was officially his doctor for the very few minutes it took for his personal physicians to arrive and her signature appears on his admission papers.
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Yeah, Hinkley couldn't hit the broadside of a barn from 2 feet. Now, if he'd had some Marine Corps training like ol' Oswald, Reagan would have kept the "curse" going. That being the one that every president elected in a "0" year since Lincoln, died in office, which means GWB would have also bought it by now too. All because Hinckley was a lousy shot! Mind you, I'm not complaining, just observing.
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