The Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan

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I produced a major documentary about the 1981 attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. It’s hosted by Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier, host of Special Report.

I spent 7 months on research, production, and post-production on this project and uncovered a fascinating convergence of events that has escaped notice of historians. In that sense, I hope to preserve and add to the accurate historical record of this fateful day. I am grateful to Fox Nation for affording me the time and resources to dedicate to one major project. It could not have been done without a talented and hardworking team of cameramen, editors, graphics artists, production assistants, and more. Special thanks to Vice President Long-Form Programming Brian Gaffney.

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Interviews include,

  • Tim McCarthy, the Secret Service agent who took a bullet for Reagan

  • Stephen Colo, the Secret Service agent who interviewed shooter John Hinckley

  • Rick Ahearn, the White House Advance Planner who witnessed the shooting

  • Brit Hume, Fox News Sr. Political Analyst

  • Mari Maseng Will, the speechwriter who witnessed the shooting

  • Dr. Benjamin Larry Aaron, the doctor who removed the bullet

  • David Adelberg, the surgical intern who helped remove the bullet

  • Dana Rohrabacher, Reagan special asssistant

  • Del Quentin Wilber, Author of Rawhide Down

  • George Will, columnist and friend of Ronald Reagan

  • Michael Reagan, Ronald Reagan’s son

  • Ken Khachigian, Reagan’s chief speechwriter

  • Steven Hayward, Author The Age of Reagan

  • Dr. Sol Edelstein, the anesthesiologist who stayed with Reagan during recovery

  • Edwin Meese III, counselor to President Reagan

  • Richard V. Allen, National Security Advisor

  • Eddie Myers, the DC homicide detective who interviewed shooter John Hinckley

  • Lou Cannon, Reagan biographer

  • James Baker, Reagan chief of staff

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Kayvon Afshari

Kayvon Afshari managed the campaign to elect Hooshang Amirahmadi as President of Iran. In this role, he directed the campaign’s event planning, publicity, online social media, web analytics, and delivered speeches. Mr. Afshari has also been working at the CBS News foreign desk for over five years. He has coordinated coverage of Iran’s 2009 post-election demonstrations, the Arab Spring, the earthquake in Haiti, and many other stories of international significance. He holds a Master in International Relations from New York University’s Department of Politics, and graduated with distinction from McGill University in 2007 with a double major in political science and Middle Eastern studies. At NYU, his research focused on quantitative analysis and the Middle East with an emphasis on US-Iran relations. In his 2012 Master’s thesis, he devised a formula to predict whether Israel would launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, concluding that an overt strike would not materialize.