Floyd Boring
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Floyd M. Boring (June 25, 1915 - February 1, 2008) was an American Secret Service agent who served with 5 US Presidents. He was also present and took part in the gunfight that foiled an assassination attempt on Harry S. Truman.
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[edit] Truman assassination attempt
On the afternoon of 1 November 1950, Truman was taking a nap at Blair House, where he was living while The White House, across Pennsylvania Avenue, was being renovated. Mr. Boring was stationed outside Blair House with several uniformed White House guards, while two Secret Service agents were posted inside. Around 2:00 Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola started to fire at Blair House. Mr. Boring, drawing his .38-caliber Colt pistol, known as a Detective's Special, fired a bullet through the hat of one of the gunmen, Oscar Collazo, grazing his scalp. Mr. Collazo was also shot in the chest, and bullets grazed his nose and an ear. He was captured at the entrance to Blair House as Mr. Boring kicked his pistol away from his side.
[edit] Other Presidents
As well as Truman, Boring also worked with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was with President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he died at Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945, and accompanied his body to the funeral at Hyde Park, New York. He was not with President Kennedy's Secret Service detail in Dallas when Kennedy was assassinated (That said, Mr. Boring played a pivotal role in the security planning of JFK's fatal trip to Dallas, as he was in charge of the advance arrangements, according to the research of Secret Service expert Vince Palamara). As well as the assassination, Mr. Boring also dealt with a frightening moment on the Potomac River one day when Truman struggled while swimming off his yacht. He retired in 1967 and entered private security work.
[edit] Personal life and death
His wife, Ruth, died in 2005. He had two daughters with her, Judith Orzell and Kate Elliott. On February 1, 2008 he died, the cause of death is still unofficial.[1] He is survived by both his daughters and his grand-daughter, Kay.
