Sara Jane Moore

Sara Jane Moore (born Sara Jane Kahn February 15, 1930 in Charleston , West Virginia , USA ) is an American assassin .

On September 22, 1975, Moore attempted to assassinate then American President Gerald Ford in front of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco . It happened just 17 days after former Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate Ford on her part. From a distance of 12 meters, she fired a single shot at the President. The missile missed the President because the passer-by grabbed Oliver Sipple Moore's arm and then pulled her to the ground. He used his hand to prevent the weapon from being fired again. The shot fired from Moore's .38 caliber revolver ricocheted off the hotel entrance and slightly injured a passerby.

Moore had begun training as a nurse, was a member of the United States Women's Army Corps, and was married five times before turning to "revolutionary politics" in the 1970s. During the kidnapping of Patty Hearst she became an informant for the FBI and was supposed to collect information about the kidnappers as a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army . After her exposure, she turned away from the group and wanted to shake up the political system on her own.

Moore had been reviewed by the Secret Service earlier in 1975 , but it was not seen as a threat to the President.

Moore pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of the President and was sentenced to life in prison on January 15, 1976. She was housed at Alderson Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia, from which she escaped in 1989. Two days later she returned voluntarily. Upon her return, Moore was taken to a higher security facility.

She was released from prison on December 31, 2007.

Quotes

• "I do regret, I didn't succeed, and allow the winds of change to start. I wish I had killed him. I did it to create chaos. "(1976)

“I regret that I was unsuccessful and unable to initiate the turnaround. I wish I had killed him. I did it to wreak havoc. "

• "I didn't want to kill anybody, but there comes a point when the only way you can make a statement is to pick up a gun."

"I didn't mean to kill anyone, but there comes a point where you have to pick up a gun to make a statement."

Web links

• Picture of Ford and Secret Service agents after the shot.
• Images of both (Fromme and Moore) attempted murders from the Ford Presidential Library.
• More pictures of the attempted murder from the Ford Presidential Library.

swell

1. ^ Jill Tucker: Kenneth Iacovoni - special agent . In: San Francisco Chronicle . October 29, 2006.
2. ^ The american century: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/americancentury/imperialpres.html . December 28, 2006.
3. ↑ The Oliver Sipple Page: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . December 28, 2006. 
4. ↑ David Richardson Wendell: Obituaries . In: The Almanac . January 29, 2003.
5. ^ The evolution of the personal protective function: http://prop1.org/park/pave/rev8.htm . December 28, 2006.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Ernio Hernandez: Assassins Shooting Gallery, Part III: Garrison as Fromme and Baker as Moore . In: Playbill . April 5, 2004.
7. ↑ Jay Carney : How To Make The Secret Service's “Unwanted” List . In: Time . August 3, 1998.
8. ↑ Brainy History: http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1975/december_12_1975_148048.html . December 28, 2006.
9. ↑ Brainy History: http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1976/january_15_1976_148171.html . December 28, 2006.
10. ↑ This day in history: Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . December 28, 2006. 
11. ^ Would-be Ford assassin freed from prison on parole , CNN.com, December 31, 2007
12. ↑ Eileen Keerdoja: Squeaky and Sara Jane ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Newsweek . November 8, 1976.