Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I riro a Reagan i te tūranga o te "kaitiaki" kore mana mo tana tahu i muri i te
i whakamātau ai ki te patu i a ia i te tau 1981. I te 30 o Poutu-te-rangi o taua tau, i patua te Perehitini Reagan me ētahi atu tokotoru e te tangata whakamomori 25 tau te pakeke a John Hinckley, Jr. i a rātau e wehe ana i te hotera o Washington Hilton. I whakatūpatohia a Nancy, a, ka tae atu ki te Whare Hauora o te Whare Wananga o George Washington, i te wāhi i whakawhiwhia ai te Perehitini ki te hōhipera. I mahara a ia kua kite ia i "ngā ruma tūpāpaku i mua, engari kāore au i kite i tētahi pēnei <unk> me taku tāne i roto". I kawea ia ki roto i te ruma tatari, a, i te whakaaetanga kia kite i tana tahu, ka kii atu ia ki a ia, "E taku e aroha ana, kua wareware ahau ki te pato", e tono ana i te tawai a te kaiwhawhai i hinga a Jack Dempsey ki tana wahine.