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harrowing days in our history. the attempted assassination of president reagan. >> screaming, yelling. it's chaos. >> now, an unprecedented look into the mind and new life of the gunman, john hinckley junior. stories you haven't heard before. the cop, who questioned him, speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. >> i just didn't think he realized the magnitude of what he had done. >> from behind the hospital walls. he >> turned to her and said, will you marry me? >> secrets from his diary uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actors, jody foster. >> the letters were...

>> from behind the hospital walls. he >> turned to her and said, will you marry me? >> secrets from his diary uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actors, jody foster. >> the letters were sent to -- >> and the most controversial question of all, is hinckley really fit to be free? >> he's a potential k -- dangerous character. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, welcome to dateline. he shot a president and shook the country. since that day, more than 40 years ago, gunman, john hinckley jr. has remained an enigma. now, we're about to reveal an extraordinary trove of his most private thoughts and...

jr. with the stories you haven't heard, the police officer who questioned hinckley speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. i just didn't think that he realized the magnitude of what he had done. andrea canning: from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? andrea canning: secrets from his diaries uncovered by "dateline." his obsession with actress jodie foster. the letters were assumed to have been love type letters. andrea canning: and the most controversial question of all. is hinckley really fit to be free? he's a potentially dangero...

Short. >> john wanted to become a navy s.e.a.l.s. but his life ended in the line of fire here at home. >> what great hero. he is. he provided me the opportunity to survive. >> matt mcquinn took a bullet shielding his girlfriend and his brother. one pushed his girlfriend out of the way. >> the president flew here late this afternoon. he has been meeting with the families of the victims. >> i come to them not so much as president as i do as a father and as a husband. out of this darkness, a brighter day is going to come. >> well, this afternoon mayors against illegal guns mark the o day with rea...

The simple act of going to the movies, but sometimes the real superheroes are not on the big screen. 26-year-old john blunk wanted to become a navy zeal, but his life ended right in the line of fire at home. >> what a great hero he is. he provided me the opportunity to survive. >> reporter: matt mcquinn took a bullet shielding his girlfriend and her brother, 24-year-old alexander tavis was hit has he pushed his girlfriend out of the way. and jesse childress died trying to save a female air force colleague. friday was alex sullivan's birthday. he was secretly engaged to his girlfriend and last ...