Victor Gold Part 02 (Final)

FD-550 (Rev. 12-5-78) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Vice president assumes crisis role after shooting By Janet Battaile Washington Bureau of The News WASHINGTON - Vice President George Bush, sitting in the revolving chair in his private cabin aboard Air "Force II Monday as it was about to land, at Fort Worth, was thinking about how his newly acquired role as crisis manager had been overblown. Three hours later, when the crisis struck, it was because Reagan wasn't there.