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Teddy Roosevelt continuing his speech despite being shot
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Reference link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Theodore_Roosevelt
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The year was 1912, on an October day imbued with the crisp scent of autumn, when John Schrank, whose previous tenure as a saloonkeeper provided little indication of his forthcoming notoriety, embarked on a most grievous undertaking. He attempted, with malice aforethought, to deprive the world of the indomitable Theodore Roosevelt, a former U.S. President who was, at that time, gallivanting about Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a campaign trail redolent of political fervor and the American spirit. Now, Roosevelt, a man of robust constitution and no stranger to the wild vagaries of nature, applied his considerable experience as a hunter and an amateur anatomist to assess his precarious situation. Upon discovering that he was not, in fact, expelling blood with his breath—a sure sign that the lungs remained unviolated by the bullet's invasive journey—he judiciously opted against the immediate counsel to seek hospital reprieve. With a spirit undeterred and a determination that could only be described as quintessentially Rooseveltian, he proceeded to deliver his scheduled address, his audience none the wiser to the peril that had so recently flirted with their candidate. Such was the mettle of the man, unfazed and resolutely steadfast, even in the face of death itself.