President Ronald Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton in 1981, but Joseph Giordano, the chief trauma surgeon at George Washington University Hospital, helped save his life. He passed away on June 24. He was eighty-four.
According to his son Christopher, an infection-related issue caused his death at MedStar Georgetown Hospital in Washington.
On March 30, 1981, just after 3 p.m., Dr. Giordano was on the sixth floor of his hospital, examining a patient, when he heard a loudspeaker call to the emergency room.
He didn’t understand the call’s objective until he arrived and passed through a huddle of Secret Service agents. And he and his crew didn’t realize Mr. Reagan had been shot until they had torn open the president’s clothing and found a hole beneath his left armpit.
John Hinckley Jr. had approached the president on the sidewalk and fired six rounds from his.22-caliber revolver just minutes before, as he was leaving the Hilton hotel near the hospital after speaking to union representatives.
Mr. Reagan was struck by the final bullet that bounced off the presidential limousine. White House spokesperson James S. Brady and Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy were both shot twice and taken to George Washington.
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