3/30/1981 page 9

3/30/1981 page 9 by ric gustafson

At 11:00 am on Monday March 30, it was getting busy at the Washington Hilton. Agent Bill Green and other Secret Service agents were going through their final security checks.

The Washington Hilton was built in the early 1960's. Some of the rooms had a view of the Washington Monument and the city's skyline. It had an enormous ballroom that could accommodate thousands of people. There was a VIP entrance on the side of the hotel.

Agent Green was the lead advance agent for the event's walkthru. Green had prepared a detailed security plan. Green knew where the other agents would be posted. Green and another agent. inspected the ballroom and the VIP entrance. Helping Green with the security procedures was Agent Rick Ahearn.

Outside the hotel, Green and Ahearn studied the VIP entrance. They wanted to see how the President's motorcade would arrive. They decided to do a rope line to keep the public from getting too close to the President. When the two agents were done with their preparations, they knew they only had 30 minutes before the arrival of the President.

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