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Gerald Ford second assassination attempt

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Ford attempted assassination site
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The bullet holes are still visible above the Bank of America ATM machine.


Bullet holes
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The bullets that missed Ford took chips out of the wall above the Bank of America ATM here. The "chip" from the bullet is visible in the center of the image.


Assassination attempt of Gerald Ford
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Sara Jane Moore stood here and fired at President Gerald Ford standing near the Bank of America ATM where the bullets struck.

The assassination attempt took place here on the side of the Westin St. Francis hotel.  The bullets missed Ford but struck the wall  behind him -- the bullet hits can still be seen. 

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and prior to this, was the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. He was the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, after Spiro Agnew had resigned. When he became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he became the first and to date only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States without being elected by the Electoral College. Before ascending to the Vice Presidency, Ford served nearly 25 years as the Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, eight of them as the Republican Minority Leader.

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