'The first thing I saw was just a man—who was in dire straits.'
Bettmann Archive via Getty Images, FILEstill lodged in his chest, President Ronald Reagan was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, which is about nine minutes from the Hilton hotel where he'd been shot.
The president was losing a lot of blood, a handkerchief soaked through by the time he arrived at the hospital. "It was situated in a pretty vile place," Aaron said."The first thing that went through my mind was, is this a salvageable case?"Reagan's bleeding hadn't stopped even after doctors had re-expanded his lung. Given how near the bullet was lodged to his heart, they decided to operate.The air hummed with a quiet intensity, Aaron said. Secret Service agents stood in the room as they wheeled Reagan in and began to pre-breathe the president before inducing anesthesia.
As the surgery wore on, with Reagan anesthetized for several hours, there was some consideration whether to leave the bullet in, which wouldn't be unusual if it wouldn't do any further harm.
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