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Gerald Ford assassination attempt in San Francisco
Since 1975
In San Francisco on September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate the 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford, after he had made an address to the World Affairs Council. Moore tried to shoot President Ford with a .38 Special revolver. Her single shot missed, and a bystander prevented another shot by grabbing her shooting arm.
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In San Francisco on September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate the 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford, after he had made an address to the World Affairs Council.
In addition to the San Francisco incident, Ford had escaped unharmed from a previous assassination attempt in Sacramento, California, which occurred 17 days earlier on September 5, 1975.
The limousine raced to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) where Ford boarded Air Force One and, after being joined by the first lady, flew back to Washington, D.C.
That became the first time that Sipple's parents and family found out that Sipple was homosexual, as he had been hiding it from them.
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