a common practice in duels. those who wish to maintain their honor while leaving room for reconciliation will deliberately miss their target. we will never know if it s hamilton s final choice to purposefully miss. but we do know that burr does not miss, hitting hamilton squarely in the gut, whether he intended to or not. burr s shot shreds hamilton s abdomen and lodges in his spine, paralyzing him. he s taken back to new york, where, after 31 agonizing hours, he finally dies. vice president aaron burr, this guy who killed the former secretary of the treasury, a founding father, flees new york city,
a common practice in duels. those who wish to maintain their honor while leaving room for reconciliation will deliberately miss their target. we will never know if it s hamilton s final choice to purposefully miss. but we do know that burr does not miss, hitting hamilton squarely in the gut, whether he intended to or not. burr s shot shreds hamilton s abdomen and lodges in his spine, paralyzing him. he s taken back to new york, where, after 31 agonizing hours, he finally dies. vice president aaron burr, this guy who killed the former secretary of the treasury, a founding father, flees new york city,