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Could you please repeat the stories you heard of the secret service agent and the President's last moments? Can pick-up only snippets from the thread and have been at work. Thanks.

Here is what I posted on another thread:

Oh, I saw this guy on a show earlier tonight! He is a retired Secret Service agent; he told the saddest story; after Reagan got sick, this guy would ride with him at the rance; when it got so bad that Reagan couldn't ride safely, this guy told Nancy that they just couldn't let him ride anymore.

Nancy told the Secret Service guy HE would have to tell RWR; he didn't want to, but she said it would be better coming from them.

So he goes into the office, scared to death because he said riding was Reagan's life; he sat down and said, "Mr. President, it's getting bad out there; I'm worried about you getting hurt. I think we need to stop riding."

He said that Reagan stood up, grasp him by both shoulders and said, "I know."

And he never rode again.

Then the agent said, "At the lowest point in his life, HE comforted me."

Amazing.

I don't know the story of the secret service agent. The story I heard, I believe, was told by the man who is editing Patti Davis' book. (Don't quote me on that, because honestly, with all this constant commentary going on, I've had to learn to tune most of it out.) But as this man starting talking about the final moments, I paid attention. He was on Fox News Channel.

He said that just prior to passing, with the family gathered, the President opened his eyes one last time, and looked directly at Nancy. And that though his eyes had been clouded for so much of the recent past, this time, they were clear. He said it was quite important to Nancy, in that the clouded eyes had troubled her so.

And he said that Michael said, (this is a paraphrase): How wonderful that the last thing he saw here, was your wonderful smile, Mom, right before he got to see the face of God.