Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Reagan ya ɗauki matsayin "mai karewa" ba bisa ƙa'ida ba ga mijinta bayan yunkurin kashe shi
a shekarar 1981. A ranar 30 ga watan Maris na wannan shekarar, an harbe Shugaba Reagan da wasu mutane uku da wani dan shekaru 25 mai suna John Hinckley, Jr. a lokacin da suka bar otel din Washington Hilton. An faɗakar da Nancy kuma ta isa Asibitin Jami'ar George Washington, inda aka kwantar da Shugaban. Ta tuna cewa ta taɓa ganin "ɗakin gaggawa a dā, amma ban taɓa ganin irin wannan ba <unk> tare da mijina a ciki". An raka ta zuwa dakin jira, kuma lokacin da aka ba ta izinin ganin mijinta, sai ya yi mata ba'a, "Ƙaunata, na manta da duck", yana ba da kyautar Jack Dempsey mai cin nasara ga matarsa.