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Theres this picture of this guy with his eyes wide open, looking at me. >> granger was pinned inside that pile with hinckley. he felt something beneath his leg. >> i pulled my leg out and that kicked out the gun. >> you can see the gun on the sidewalk in this photo. three men lay nearby, shot, wounded by hinckley. >> the press secretary went down. he got shot in the head. >> all three would survive, but press secretary jim brady would never be able to return to his white house post. agents rushe...

Development. shots reportedly fired outside the hotel where president reagan spoke a short time ago. heres bernard shaw in our washington bureau. >> details are very sketchy, we dont know precisely what happened -- >> bill! >> pardon me. okay, my apology. details are very sketchy at this moment. we dont know precisely what happened. we dont know the sequence. first of all, the president is safe. >> at the hotel, john hinckley jr. was buried beneath a heap of humanity. >> its like a pyramid, but ...

Anything. >> prosecutors re-played the nbc cameramans video for the jury in slow motion. >> police officer was the first one shot, because he turned around. >> a secret service agent beside the car tried to shield reagan. >> he jumps in front of the president, grabs his chest, and he goes down. >> the nbc cameraman wheeled to his right and caught this split-second image. >> you saw two hands holding the gun. >> hinckleys hands, still on the trigger. >> and i immediately lunged towards the gun. >...

>> you can see the gun on the sidewalk in this photo. three men lay nearby, shot, wounded by hinckley. >> the press secretary went down. he got shot in the head. >> all three would survive, but press secretary jim brady would never be able to return to his white house post. agents rushed hinckley over to grangers patrol car. the rear door would not open. he was hustled into a second police car, and by nightfall, john hinckley had disappeared into custody for the next 30 years. when the president...

The hotel at the far right of the screen. >> everything is so fast, its almost like a blur. [ gunshots ] >> oh, my god! >> six shots in under two seconds. >> sergeant herbert granger was in charge of the local police detail. >> this is me coming out. here, he just waved and as soon as he waved to the crowd across the street, there was this, pop, pop. >> granger turned toward the sound. you can see hinckley with the gun in this evidence photo. >> he was kind of crouched and his arms fully extende...

His arms fully extended, out from the rest of the crowd, just totally holding his arms out and looking over the gun and just going down in this motion. but each time, clicking off rounds. >> did he ever say anything? >> i never heard him say anything. >> prosecutors re-played the nbc cameramans video for the jury in slow motion. >> police officer was the first one shot, because he turned around. >> a secret service agent beside the car tried to shield reagan. >> he jumps in front of the presiden...

>> instead of? >> away, into the crowd. >> the president on cnn, ten years later. >> i heard a noise, and we came out of the hotel, was headed for the limousine. and i heard some noise and i thought it was firecrackers. >> this is feldmans nbc video played at hinckleys trial. you can see reagan emerging from the hotel at the far right of the screen. >> everything is so fast, its almost like a blur. [ gunfire ] >> six shots in under two seconds. sergeant herbert granger was in charge of the local...

Gun in this evidence photo. >> he was kind of crouched and his arms fully extended, out from the rest of the crowd. just totally holding his arms out and looking over the gun and just going down in this motion. but each time clicking off rounds. >> did he ever say anything? >> i never heard him say anything. >> prosecutors replayed the nbc cameramans video for the jury in slow motion. >> the police officer was the first one shot because he turned around. >> a secret service agent beside the car ...

From the rest of the crowd, just totally holding his arms out and looking over the gun and just going down in this motion. but each time, clicking off rounds. >> did he ever say anything? >> i never heard him say anything. >> prosecutors re-played the nbc cameramans video for the jury in slow motion. >> police officer was the first one shot, because he turned around. >> a secret service agent beside the car tried to shield reagan. >> he jumps in front of the president, grabs his chest, and he go...

ceremony on the white house lawn for 52 american hostages from the u.s. embassy in iran, freed after 444 days in captivity. it is a celebration that might never have taken place had would-be assassin john hinckley jr. succeeded the first time he had ronald reagan in his sight. tuesday, january 20th, 1981, inauguration day. president-elect reagan heads for morning church services across a tuesday, january 20th, 1981, inauguration day. president-elect reagan heads for morning church serv...