Local News Coverage - "Reagan Assassination Attempt" (1981)

Here is some local news coverage (from WBBM, WMAQ, and WLS) recorded on the day of the President Reagan assassination attempt - 30 years ago today. Includes:

Report begins with analysis of videotape of the shooting, with a close from Linda Yu from WMAQ Channel 5.

Bill Kurtis from WBBM Channel 2 narrating the same footage.

A package from Sam Donaldson from ABC News with MOS of eyewitnesses Mickey Crowe and Willis King.

Carol Marin voiceover from WMAQ Channel 5 about a Chicago connection to the Reagan shooting. Russ Ewing interviews Chicago Police officer Tom Richardson who grew up with Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy.

Carrie Cochran interview from WBBM Channel 2 with Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy's sister Karen. Bill Kurtis begins a report about Vice President George Bush (OTS with Bush).

Dick Kay from WMAQ Channel 5 in Springfield, Illinois, reporting about a scheduled visit by President Reagan Wednesday. Kay reports of an audio setup, reaction in the press room and from Illinois Governor James Thompson who was visibly shaken.

End of POS interview of a woman who feels very emotional. Linda Yu of WMAQ Channel 5 reports press feels too many unauthorized people had access to president, a feeling echoed by former Presidential candidate George McGovern. McGovern says the president was too easy a target. McGovern began teaching at Northwestern University.

WLS Channel 7 report with Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy's father, police officer Norman McCarthy. Norman McCarthy was at O'Hare Airport, interviewed by Jim Gibbons.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Monday, March 30th 1981.

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