Go for a walk among the people. there s a commercial area right near the embassy at half a block away. the secret service as well. we don t think you should do it. they pointed out leaders don t just go walking in crowds, though gorbachev did it in america, and mrs. reagan says we re going to do it and we want to do it in 15 minutes. bret: and off they went. when the stunned russians realized the american president was in their midst, pandemonium ensued. the secret service says that s it, we re gone. they grabbed the president and headed back to the embassy. and helen thomas was right behind mrs. reagan. bret: helen toma, the upi correspondent who played the role of gadfly throughout reagan s two terms. a guy shoved her and helen started to go down. mrs. reagan turned around and grabbed helen and said come with me.
Go for a walk among the people. there s a commercial area right near the embassy at half a block away. the secret service as well. we don t think you should do it. they pointed out leaders don t just go walking in crowds, though gorbachev did it in america, and mrs. reagan says we re going to do it and we want to do it in 15 minutes. bret: and off they went. when the stunned russians realized the american president was in their midst, pandemonium ensued. the secret service says that s it, we re gone. they grabbed the president and headed back to the embassy. and helen thomas was right behind mrs. reagan. bret: helen toma, the upi correspondent who played the role of gadfly throughout reagan s two terms. a guy shoved her and helen started to go down. mrs. reagan turned around and grabbed helen and said come with me.