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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether bringing Lenny Skutnik, the Air Florida crash hero, to his State of the Union address at the Capitol or making time for a photo session with Retton and the other Olympic medalists, Reagan manages to come off like a kindly Uncle Sam. Even when his rhetoric turns maudlin and manipulative, he seems sincere, for the President believes the patriotic pieties simply and intensely. He gives himself goose bumps. In a speech at the American Legion convention two weeks ago, Reagan went right to the heart of the matter. "What a change from only a few years ago, when patriotism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Upbeat Mood | 9/24/1984 | See Source »

...Lenny Skutnik, who rescued a woman from the icy water in the Washington, D.C., air disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 20, 1982 | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

...Lenny Skutnik was a bit unnerved when Nancy Reagan sat down next to him in the House gallery. But it was not until the President began talking about the "terrible tragedy on the Potomac" that Skutnik had an inkling that something was up. "Oh, oh," he thought, "here it comes." Suddenly the leaders of the land were on their feet and waves of heartfelt, nonpartisan applause rolled through the House chamber. Skutnik, looking slightly stricken, stood up with the help of a shove from behind. "My mind went blank, I didn't move a muscle. I was stunned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skutnik in Orbit | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...Skutnik, 28, a $14,000-a-year clerk at the Congressional Budget Office, dived into the icy river to rescue a survivor of the Air Florida crash. Overnight he became a national celebrity, besieged by thousands of letters from admirers, scores of interview requests and more than a dozen invitations from organizations wanting to honor him. To the President, he was a symbol of American heroism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skutnik in Orbit | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

Although he is not altogether comfortable in the sudden glare of the limelight, Skutnik admits that fame has begun to grow on him. His wife says that he might even feel a twinge of regret when it passes. "When things started to calm down a few days ago, he said to me, sort of half joking: 'Gee, they've forgotten me already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skutnik in Orbit | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

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