Video: 'Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme aims gun at President Ford'

(Friday, September 5, 1975, 10:04 a.m. PDT) — U.S. President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life today in Sacramento, California, by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson (who was serving a life sentence for organizing the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders).

Fromme, 26, pointed a 45-caliber semi-automatic pistol at Ford at close range, but a Secret Service agent saved the president from possible harm by grabbing the gun and forcing it from her hand.

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