president carter, suffering from heat exhaustion fell into the arms of security agents. for more than two years now, a man named forrest gump, a gardener from greenbow, alabama, stopping only to sleep, has been running across america. charles cooper brings us this report. moments ago, at two twenty-five p.m., as president reagan was leaving the washington hilton hotel. five or six gunshots were fired by an unknown would-be assassin. the president was shot in the chest and the assailant was immediately tackled by a half a dozen lawmen. as the presidential.