Things due to happen - we don't like to remember

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It is an event about every 20 years. A president dies in office or an attempt almost succeeds.
Andrew Jackson almost in 1835.
Lincoln in 1965.
Garfield in 1881.
McKinley in 1901.
Wilson had a stroke in 1919, was basically incapacitated, and remained as figurehead president until 1921.
FDR in 1945.
JFK in 1963
Reagan (almost) in 1981.
Who is next?

There have been other attempts such as Squeaky Fromme on Gerald Ford.

A few planes or helicopter tried to get the White House during Reagan and Clinton. Some Puerto Rican liberators tried to get Truman at Blair House while the White House was under reconstruction.

But this time line is of concern especially when America is so actively unpopular throughout the world. Cheney as president? There is this old joke about being a heartbeat away. But something like 20+% of Cheney's heart function remains. Heartless? Well at least we don't have to worry about Dan Quayle.