he handled the shooting in a heroic manner. In fact, when a reporter asked what he would do when he got back to the White House, he replied matter-of-factly, ‘Sit down.’”

Donaldson was even congenial with First Lady Nancy Reagan. In 1983, around President Reagan’s birthday, the first lady brought a birthday cake into a press conference where Donaldson was. After the press corps sang happy birthday to the president, Donaldson continued asking questions of the couple, to which the first lady eventually replied: “How would you like a piece of cake, Sam?”

If he was alive to hear the news that ABC News veteran Sam Donaldson, 78, was recently arrested for drunk driving, former President Ronald Reagan would probably pause, just smile and nod his head, and say, “Wellversion of this, advertised on the internet, is a motorised German device that turns the dial, trying every combination in turn, for use by locksmiths trying to get into a safe whose combination has been lost.’

‘One day, when I knew she would be out of the house for hours, I unscrewed my door handle, took it to a locksmith and had keys cut for it so I could lock it when I wasn't there.’

‘He immediately ushered his staff from the building while a locksmith changed the locks.’

‘The minister of oil and vinegar dispatched a locksmith to change the locks on the Registrar General door, and had the Governor General read the writ of dismissal.’

‘He is drawn to the lanes of the city day after day, his camera capturing