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O ryan, he was killed in that jim jones cult attack. so you have personal experience in an attack along these lines. talk a little bit about that. well, congressman ryan was the first congressman to be assassinated in the line of duty. he was shot 45 times trying to save americans constituents from his district from jim jones and the people s temple. i was shot as you mentioned five times. i was on that airstrip for 22 hours without medical attention. i had those moments to think about the value of life and whether or not it was going to continue, what i was going to do with it. so it s a very, very difficult experience to go through. it s difficult for the family. it s certainly going to be difficult for steve. we need to be there to support him and his family. and we all need to be praying for him right now. he s listed in critical condition over at the med star washington hospital center. we hope he does make a full ....
Scalise, and others were attacked yesterday morning simply practicing baseball, getting ready for a game for charity later tonight. well, you know, my heart sunk. and i think that this is a time for us all to pray for steve and his family, for his children madison and harrison and his wife jennifer in hopes that all will go well. it s also a time for this congress to heal itself, to find ways to work together. and i must say having personally, you know, suffered from gunshot wounds myself, it s a very difficult experience. it s very difficult what he s going through right now, what he will go through for probably months and years ahead. you were shot five times as a recall back in 1978 in south america and the congressman that you worked for, congressman lee ....