The lobby serves as a stark reminder of the near-fatal shooting of another U.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt ... very place where Roosevelt narrowly escaped death. A glasses case and a thick ...

the site where former President Theodore Roosevelt was almost shot dead - but was saved by a glasses case and a thick speech in his front pocket. READ MORE: Joe Biden tells America 'we must stand ...

The hotel lobby now stands as a tribute to a near-fatal moment in 1912 when Theodore Roosevelt ... former President Roosevelt's life - a tragedy narrowly avoided thanks to a glasses case and ...