Death of a President - 2003

On the 21st November 2003 US President George W. Bush arrived in the UK for a state visit. On the 22nd he travelled in Marine One to visit the constituancy of Prime Minster Tony Blair.

As President Bush was flying over Farmland surrounding Sedgefield, one farmer, John Mawson, was out with his 0.22 rifle, shooting rabbits on his land. as Marine One flys over his land Mr Mawson decides to take a pot shot at the helicopter which is flying at 75 feet.

The 0.22 round breaks through the front left lower window and enters the pilots left leg, it richocet off his leg bone and exits slightly to the right of his kneecap and passes into the avionics in front of him. The round jams in the main fuse box and causes a short circut.