Kammala wannan jumla: Wani sanannen lokacin a cikin aikin Reynolds ya faru ne a ranar 30 ga Maris, 1981, yayin watsa labarai kai tsaye na
yunkurin kashe shugaba Ronald Reagan. Rahotanni na farko da aka samu a gidan labaransa sun nuna cewa an harbe sakataren manema labarai James Brady da wasu, amma Reagan bai ji rauni ba. Ya yi fushi lokacin da wani rahoto ya zo ya nuna cewa an buga Reagan kuma a wani lokaci ana iya jinsa yana ihu a wani mutum a cikin allon don "Yi magana!" kamar yadda ƙarin bayani ya zo.