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Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate United States President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975 outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Her attempt came seventeen days after Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s assassination attempt.

Fast Facts

1. Birth Name: Sara Jane Kahn
2. Born: February 15, 1930
3. Birthplace: Charleston, West Virginia
4. Penalty: Life sentence
5. Status: On parole
6. Turned to revolutionary politics at the age of 45

On December 31, 2007, Sara Jane Moore was been paroled after serving 32 years of a life sentence for her attempt to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. Moore has stated that she regrets the assassination attempt, saying she was blinded by her radical political view.
Shooting Ford

Moore was 40 feet away from Ford when she fired a single shot at him. The bullet missed the President because a bystander, Oliver Sipple grabbed Moore’s arm and then pulled her to the ground and stopped her from firing a second time. The shot ricocheted off the entrance to the hotel and injured a bystander. Moore pleaded guilty to attempted assassination and was sentenced to life in prison at the federal women’`s prison in Dublin, California.

Sara Jane Moore says she regrets what she did three decades ago. At the time, she was in her early 40s, married five times, had four children. And she was involved in revolutionary politics when she pointed the gun at President Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel.
Moore tells ABC7, her hobby is needlework and that she donates much of her work to auctions for “good causes,” another way she keeps active in today’s politics.

She declined to comment on questions related to her family, saying she does not discuss her personal matters. She reportedly has four children and five former husbands.

Moore says she did not see President Ford’s funeral on television today. She wanted to but the other inmates preferred to see movies on the common television set.