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Jerry Parr, Secret Service Agent Who Helped Save Reagan, Dies at 85
NY Times ^
| 10-10-2015
| LIAM STACK
Posted on 10/09/2015 9:55:16 PM PDT by NRx
Jerry S. Parr, the Secret Service agent credited with saving President Ronald Reagan’s life during an assassination attempt in 1981, died Friday at a hospice near his home in Washington. He was 85.
The death was confirmed by Mr. Parr’s wife, Carolyn, who said he died of congestive heart failure.
Mr. Parr was just feet away from Mr. Reagan when John W. Hinckley Jr. opened fire on the president outside the Washington Hilton hotel on March 30, 1981.
“When he was about probably six or seven feet from the car, I heard these shots,” Mr. Parr said in a 2013 interview promoting the memoir he wrote with his wife. “I sort of knew what they were, and I’d been waiting for them all of my career, in a way. That’s what every agent waits for, is that.”
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TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: agent; jerryparr; jerrysparr; obituary; parr; reagan; ronaldreagan; secretservice; secretserviceagent
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Memory eternal!
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posted on
10/09/2015 9:55:16 PM PDT
by
NRx
To: NRx
To: NRx
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posted on
10/09/2015 10:06:44 PM PDT
by
NRx
(An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
To: NRx
I recently visited the Reagan Library and Museum, where I learned that the bullet that hit the President had ricocheted off the car. So, in a way, it’s strange to consider that pushing him into the car as they did is what put him in the line of fire. Just one of those odd coincidences.
To: Dr. Pritchett
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...what put him in the line of fire... Line of fire of a ricochet... talk about unpredictable...
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posted on
10/09/2015 10:12:43 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: NRx
Prayers and may God bless...
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posted on
10/09/2015 10:13:18 PM PDT
by
antceecee
(Bless us Lord, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.)
To: NRx
RIP Mr. Parr now what a joy to see you have been reunited with President Reagan, however this time there is no need for protection. Both are now eternal friends. =)
To: Carthego delenda est
God bless him and his family!!
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posted on
10/09/2015 10:21:21 PM PDT
by
Busko
(The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
To: NRx
To: fieldmarshaldj
RIP, Sir. Condolences to his family and friends.
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posted on
10/09/2015 10:38:22 PM PDT
by
V K Lee
To: NRx
If I remember right, Reagan was angry with this guy because he thought he was responsible for the pain he was feeling, thinking he was injured being pushed into the limo. It was actually the wound from the bullet that was causing discomfort.
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posted on
10/09/2015 10:42:17 PM PDT
by
Yogafist
To: fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA
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posted on
10/09/2015 10:42:46 PM PDT
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Dr. Pritchett
The car that Reagan was pushed into on that day is at the Henry Ford museum in Detroit.
The sign on the rope said "Do Not Touch" but I leaned forward and touched it anyways.
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posted on
10/09/2015 11:06:40 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
To: Slyfox
You touched the rope or the sign?
:D
To: NRx
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posted on
10/09/2015 11:23:58 PM PDT
by
Ray76
To: NRx
When Mr. Reagan awoke the morning after the assassination attempt, The Associated Press reported in 1981, one of his first requests was to speak to Mr. Parr. Donald T. Regan, the Treasury secretary at the time, told The A.P. that the president wanted to apologize to Mr. Parr because, not immediately realizing that he had been shot, he first thought his chest pains had been caused by Mr. Parr’s shove.
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posted on
10/09/2015 11:50:55 PM PDT
by
iowamark
(I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
To: NRx
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posted on
10/09/2015 11:55:33 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Russians.... not ashamed of being white!)
To: Dr. Pritchett; NRx
The idea is to get the principal away from the threat as fast as possible to end any additional threat to the principle. They train to do just that. And they’ll do what ever it takes to accomplish that. 1st priority is to quickly put distance between the threat. The limo is a rolling fortress or moving safe house. Ya never know if there are going to be multiple assailants etc.
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10/10/2015 1:57:58 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Patriot Babe
RIP Mr. Parr now what a joy to see you have been reunited with President Reagan, however this time there is no need for protection. Both are now eternal friends. =)
Very nicely said.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
~John 15:13
Mr. Parr was ready to do just that (as were the other agents that day), there should be some sort of memorial for them all in my opinion, the Lord be with his family, Rest in Peace Sir.
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10/10/2015 4:29:04 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Iran has an ayatollah for it's 'supreme leader', America has an ASSAHOLLAH !!!)
To: NRx
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10/10/2015 5:19:55 AM PDT
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left that other site
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