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she comes into the e.r. and the first thing ronald reagan says to her is, honey, i forgot the doctor. as he is prepped for surgery, reagan stays in character and jokes with his doctor. he looked at me and says, i hope you re all republicans. i m a notorious liberal democrat. and i said, mr. president, today we re all republicans. the surgical team is led by dr. benjamin aron. as the main head surgeon is digging through reagan s chest trying to find this bullet fragment, worried it could slip into an artery and shoot into the president s brain and kill him, dr. david adelberg reached his hand in the president s chest, gently cupped the president s beating heart in his hand, and held it aside. a 31-year-old surgical intern literally held the beating life of the president of the united states in his hand. while reagan is in surgery, the suspect, john w. hinckley jr., of evergreen, colorado, is being questioned.