Ron Butterfield's Secret Service Radio

Ron Butterfield's compact handheld radio surges alive in the limousine's blood-drenched chaos, his bandaged, crimson-smeared fingers jamming the key as he first pings Zoey's detail amid Bartlet's desperate demands, then unleashes 'G.W.! Blue! Blue! Blue!'—codes ripping through static to wrench the convoy into a screeching U-turn toward George Washington Hospital while the President bleeds from mouth and gut, Ron's grim palpation confirming the nightmare's depth.

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Purpose

Secure two-way communication for Secret Service agents to issue coded directives to protection details, medical teams, and support units during crises.

Significance

Lifeline slicing through assassination panic, it first assuages Bartlet's paternal terror for Zoey then detonates protocol with hospital reroute, raw urgency pulsing as blood trickles and stomachs are probed, baring Ron's resolve and the presidency's fragility.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E1 · In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I

Bartlet Demands Zoey Contact as His Wound Worsens

Ron's compact handheld Secret Service radio crackles alive in his bandaged grasp; after palpating Bartlet's stomach wound upon mouth blood, he jams the key with coded urgency 'G.W.! Blue! Blue! Blue!', ripping through static to commandeer the convoy's trajectory, transforming dialogue standoff into kinetic medical pivot.

Before: Held compactly during Zoey status reports, smeared with initial blood

After: Actively keyed for GW alert, clutched amid U-turn screech

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