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Presidential Limousine Phone

Ron Butterfield clutches this lifeline amid the limousine's screeching hurtle, President Bartlet's gasps rattling the cabin as blood stains leather. He bellows into its receiver—'We're coming in!'—voice raw against the nurse's skeptical crackle: 'Is this a drill?' His thunderous 'No!' explodes doubts, hurtling assassination's frenzy straight into hospital triage.

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S2E1 · In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part I

Ron's Desperate 'No Drill' Confirmation as Bartlet Fights for Breath

Acts as vital lifeline clutched by Ron Butterfield; he bellows arrival alert and emphatic 'No!' denial into its receiver, countering nurse's doubt to propel limousine frenzy into hospital mobilization, embodying raw bridge from street-level assassination chaos to institutional response.

Before: Held by Ron Butterfield, actively connected to GW Hospital nurse

After: Still gripped by Ron, line open post-confirmation as limo races on

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