Ex-Agent On Bullet He Took For Reagan

NWI.com reports:

Timothy McCarthy vividly remembers the suit he was wearing when he was shot protecting President Ronald Reagan 30 years ago.

McCarthy was working as a Secret Service agent when a man fired six rounds toward Reagan on March 30, 1981, outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan was hit by a ricocheted bullet and suffered a punctured lung but recovered quickly.

McCarthy leaped in front to shield the president and was shot in the stomach during the assassination attempt.

"I was wearing a new suit," he said.

Vivid memories, like the details of the attempted assassination, from McCarthy's 22-year-long Secret Service career were outlined during a presentation by McCarthy on Friday to the Calumet City Historical Society.