I want to start by thanking our guests for being with us, and it is a real honor. The men and women who witnessed history up close and fortunatelg lived to talk about it and im sure join d me in thanking God D some very r talented doctors fo saving the life of President Ronald Reagan and the lives of those with him some 40 years ago today. Weio have come together because the reagan foundation and the institute is commemorating several significant anniversary dates in 2021. All of them important reminders that 40 years have passed since Ronald Reagan became americas 40th president. It is a year when we have the opportunity to reexamine his legacy, not p just to stir memories of one of americas most admired President S, but also to introduce him as the remarkablyly important icon he s to a new generation of americans. We arere calling this year 40 a 40. Earlier in that year, 1981, to be precise, history records that wehe very nearly lost President Reagan and three other souls to a hail o
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