page_title: Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco
section_title: Assassination attempt
hierarchical_section_title: Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco / Assassination attempt
caption_attribution_description: English: Trench coat containing a bullet-proof vest liner. The coat is beige in color, contains 6 front buttons, adjustable sleeve cuffs, and two pockets, which are accessible from the inside. The zip-up bullet-proof vest is made of Kevlar and is covered with cloth identical in color to the coat. Sewn on the front of the vest are cleaning instructions and an issue date of October 1975. The coat and vest weigh 6 lbs., 15oz. Worn in public by President Gerald R. Ford after two assassination attempts in 1975.
context_page_description: On September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford in San Francisco. Moore fired two gunshots at President Ford, both of which missed.
context_section_description: At 3:30 p.m., after speaking to the World Affairs Council, Ford emerged from the Post Street entrance of the St. Francis Hotel in Union Square, then walked toward his limousine. Before boarding the vehicle, he stopped and waved to the crowd that had gathered across the street.
  Sara Jane Moore was standing in the crowd 40 feet away from Ford when she fired two shots with her .38 Special revolver. The first shot missed Ford's head by 5 inches and passed through the wall above the doorway Ford had just walked out of. A bystander named Oliver Sipple heard the sound of the first shot and dove at Moore, grabbing her shooting arm before she pulled the trigger a second time. The second shot struck John Ludwig, a 42-year-old taxi driver standing inside the hotel, in the groin. Ludwig survived.
  San Francisco Police Capt. Timothy Hettrich grabbed Moore and wrestled the gun from her hand. Many other officers immediately joined in subduing Moore. In the meantime, the president’s Secret Service team pushed Ford into his waiting limousine where the Secret Service and Donald Rumsfeld lay on top of him. 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.
caption: The bulletproof trenchcoat that Ford began wearing in public in October 1975 due to two assassination attempts targeting him during the previous month
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