Page of Theodore Roosevelt speech hit by bullet in 1912 assassination attempt uncovered

The 26th president was wounded in the attack but the thick manuscript in his breast pocket helped save his life

The first page of a thick manuscript that helped slow a bullet and save the life of Theodore Roosevelt during a 1912 assassination attempt has been uncovered by a presidential historian in Pennsylvania.

Signed by the 26th president, who at the time was seeking another term in the White House after leaving office almost four years earlier, the document from Roosevelt was found in the possession of a private collector and has not been seen in more than a century.