Remembering History: While Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee on October 14 1912, John Schrank shot him. The bullet went through his steel eyeglasses case and the folded 50 page speech he was carrying. An experienced hunter and anatomist, Roosevelt knew he was not coughing blood and therefore the lung was intact (as this x-ray later proved) so did not seek immediate medical attention. He delivered his 90 min speech, bleeding. The risk of removing the bullet was too great, so it remained in his chest permanently.

While Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee on October 14 1912, John Schrank shot him. The bullet went through his steel eyeglasses case and the folded 50 page speech he was carrying. An experienced hunter and anatomist, Roosevelt knew he was not coughing blood and therefore the lung was intact (as this x-ray later proved) so did not seek immediate medical attention. He delivered his 90 min speech, bleeding. The risk of removing the bullet was too great, so it remained in his chest permanently.

While Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee on October 14 1912, John Schrank shot him. The bullet went through his steel eyeglasses case and the folded 50 page speech he was carrying. An experienced hunter and anatomist, Roosevelt knew he was not coughing blood and therefore the lung was intact (as this x-ray later proved) so did not seek immediate medical attention. He delivered his 90 min speech, bleeding. The risk of removing the bullet was too great, so it remained in his chest permanently.