dude teddy roosevelt was rad as fuck ok
my history teacher told us about the speech where he was shot. the shooter hit him right in the front pocket of his shirt, where he had his glasses case and his folded-up, multi-page speech tucked into it, which slowed the bullet. his security officials insisted he go to a hospital, but he said something along the lines of, “i promised these people a speech, and a speech they will get.” so he stood up there and delivered his speech, occasionally stopping to cough up blood. when he eventually finished, he got medical attention, and he was totally fine.