Larry Buendorf, the Secret Service agent who thwarted an attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford in 1975, seizing a loaded handgun from Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme and wrestling her to ...

Larry Buendorf, the Secret Service agent who, by wresting a handgun away from Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, was credited with saving the life of President Gerald R. Ford in an assassination attempt in ...

Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme, a one-time member of the Manson family, a well-known cult in the 1970s, attempted to kill Ford in order, she claimed, to save California redwood trees.

In American history, four out of 45 US presidents have been assassinated. Other presidents, including Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, escaped attempts on their lives. Donald Trump has survived ...

Dan Walters was in his first year as a California State Capitol reporter in 1975 and was on scene during the assassination attempt in Sacramento, watching Fromme as she was placed into a patrol ...

As he left his hotel room and greeted a crowd, a woman in a red dress pulled out a gun. "The assassin was tried and convicted, and her name was Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme, and she was a member ...

The gun was a Colt 1911 semi-automatic .45 caliber pistol held by a woman named Lynette Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson who was known as “Squeaky” Fromme, Fox News reported.

The first attempt on Ford's life was Sept. 5, 1975 as he walked the ground of the California state capitol with secret service when he's approached by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.

Sept. 5, 1975 | Sacramento Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was 26 when she pointed a pistol at Ford in Sacramento. Secret Service agents grabbed her, and Ford was unharmed.

Gerald R. Ford was the sitting president when he survived two attempts in California within three weeks in 1975, while Sunday’s assumed assassination attempt on Trump at his Florida golf club ...