Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rawhide-down-former-secret-service-agent-revisits-reagan-shooting-scene Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Jerry Parr is credited with saving President Reagan’s life twice on March 30, 1981, when John Hinckley, Jr. opened fire. Thirty years later, the former Secret Service agent agreed to return to the scene of the shooting.