Life Imitates Art

In 1981 President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley. This photo was taken outside the Washington Hilton just before the shooting occurred. Secret Service agent Jerry Parr (in the white coat) pushed Reagan into a taxi and rushed him to hospital. There is a "stranger than fiction" footnote to this story:

Parr had been inspired to pursue his career by the 1939 film The Code of the Secret Service, in which dashing agent “Brass” Bancroft survives a shooting in Mexico. Bancroft was played by a 28-year-old Ronald Reagan.

Via Futility Closet