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Which vice president accidentally shot someone in the face?

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports Whittington, then 78, was part of a quail-hunting party on a South Texas ranch with Cheney and others when the vice president accidentally shot him in the face and torso after a covey of game birds took flight. Dozens of tiny bird-shot pellets peppered his face and torso.

How old is Harry Whittington?

95 years (March 3, 1927)Harry Whittington / Age

Who was the man who shot Dick Cheney?

Save this story for later. What must it be like to be famous for having a vice president shoot you in the face? That’s life for Harry Whittington, the 91-year-old former lawyer whom Dick Cheney infamously shot by accident during a hunting expedition on a Texas ranch in 2006.

What did Whittington see when he saw Cheney swing his gun?

The way Whittington tells it, he and Cheney were walking behind some bird dogs, when he saw Cheney swing his gun toward a bird that was flying up. He remembers smelling gunpowder; next thing he knew, “I woke up, and I was in an ambulance on the way to [the] hospital.”.

Who shot the lawyer in Austin Texas?

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a prominent Austin, Tex., lawyer on Saturday while the two men were quail hunting in South Texas, firing a shotgun at the man while trying to aim for a bird, a member of the hunting party said.

Why was Eliza May fired?

When he was named, a former executive director of the commission, Eliza May, was suing the state, saying that she had been fired because she investigated a funeral home chain that was owned by a friend of Mr. Bush. The suit was settled in 2001, but the details were not disclosed. Mr.