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Kennedy was in the back seat of a specially modified 1961 Lincoln Continental; to his left sat Jackie, his wife.  On jump seats immediately in front were seated Governor and Mrs. Connally.  Behind them in the motorcade was a 1955 Cadillac carrying eight armed Secret Service agents, with orders to hurry to Kennedy's car should anything happen.  The motorcade was also joined by Dallas police officers, who had stationed additional officers at key points to aid in security, especially at Deally Plaza where the motorcade had to slow down considerably due to tight turns from Main on to Houston, and from Houston to Elm.

Kennedy was in the back seat of a specially modified 1961 Lincoln Continental; to his left sat Jackie, his wife.  On jump seats immediately in front were seated Governor and Mrs. Connally.  Behind them in the motorcade was a 1955 Cadillac carrying eight armed Secret Service agents, with orders to hurry to Kennedy's car should anything happen.  The motorcade was also joined by Dallas police officers, who had stationed additional officers at key points to aid in security, especially at Deally Plaza where the motorcade had to slow down considerably due to tight turns from Main on to Houston, and from Houston to Elm.

At 12:30 P.M. the presidential limo turned the corner onto Elm Street, below an imposing brick structure named the Texas School Book Depository. Several hundred people, many armed with cameras, waved at the motorcade as it passed by.  One rifle shot rang out, hitting the pavement.  A second shot hit Kennedy in the back, exiting through his throat and hitting Connally.  A third shot hit Kennedy in the back of the head; seeing this, a Secret Service agent would jump from the follow-up car and push Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat just as the limo increased speed to Parkland Hospital.  Television would play its part as well, as ordinary people conducting their lives would be jolted into the drama. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKg0oEA1-pk][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UHz0k3kkFw&feature=related][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPW_E16fmwc&feature=related]

At 12:30 P.M. the presidential limo turned the corner onto Elm Street, below an imposing brick structure named the Texas School Book Depository. Several hundred people, many armed with cameras, waved at the motorcade as it passed by.  One rifle shot rang out, hitting the pavement.  A second shot hit Kennedy in the back, exiting through his throat and hitting Connally.  A third shot hit Kennedy in the back of the head; seeing this, a Secret Service agent would jump from the follow-up car and push Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat just as the limo increased speed to Parkland Hospital.  Television would play its part as well, as ordinary people conducting their lives would be jolted into the drama. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKg0oEA1-pk][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UHz0k3kkFw&feature=related][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPW_E16fmwc&feature=related]

At 12:37 P.M. the limo arrived at Parkland; the president and the governor were taken to emergency rooms. Connally was evaluated, stabilized, and taken to surgery.  A tracheotomy was done on Kennedy, in effect enlarging the exit wound made by the first bullet to hit him.  The head wound was another matter, as the top right of his skull was literally blown away and the attending surgeons realized the only thing that could be done was to call in a priest.  At 12:49 P.M. Fathers Oscar Huber and James Thompson of the Dallas Diocese had arrived; Huber gave the last rites as the others prayed.  Only after this was completed did Johnson - now the 36th President - allow the terrible news to be broadcast to the public by a shaken Malcom Kilduff, Kennedy's press secretary:  

At 12:37 P.M. the limo arrived at Parkland; the president and the governor were taken to emergency rooms. Connally was evaluated, stabilized, and taken to surgery.  A tracheotomy was done on Kennedy, in effect enlarging the exit wound made by the first bullet to hit him.  The head wound was another matter, as the top right of his skull was literally blown away and the attending surgeons realized the only thing that could be done was to call in a priest.  At 12:49 P.M. Fathers Oscar Huber and James Thompson of the Dallas Diocese had arrived; Huber gave the last rites as the others prayed.  Only after this was completed did Johnson - now the 36th President - allow the terrible news to be broadcast to the public by a shaken Malcom Kilduff, Kennedy's press secretary:  

:''"President John F. Kennedy died at approximately 1 p.m. Central Standard Time today here in Dallas. He died of a gunshot wound in the brain. I have no other details of the assassination."''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJP_m5mv0IU]

:''"President John F. Kennedy died at approximately 1 p.m. Central Standard Time today here in Dallas. He died of a gunshot wound in the brain. I have no other details of the assassination."''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJP_m5mv0IU]

The whole assassination was filmed by Abraham Zapruder, a Dallas-based women's clothier who initially filmed the motorcade because he was excited about the arrival of President Kennedy, but this soon turned to horror when he caught the assassination on film. The Zapruder film is the most complete film of the assassination, and was studied by the Warren Commission during their research.

The whole assassination was filmed by Abraham Zapruder, a Dallas-based women's clothier who initially filmed the motorcade because he was excited about the arrival of President Kennedy, but this soon turned to horror when he caught the assassination on film. The Zapruder film is the most complete film of the assassination, and was studied by the Warren Commission during their research.

==References==

==References==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiznn7id7zg Complete CBS broadcast of November 22, 1963, beginning with the normal start of ''As The World Turns'']

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiznn7id7zg Complete CBS broadcast of November 22, 1963, beginning with the normal start of ''As The World Turns'']

*[http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=gray%20whale%20fws&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=kennedy+assassination&hl=en&view=2&emb=0 BBC production: ''The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy'' (2004)]

*[http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&source=hp&q=gray%20whale%20fws&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=kennedy+assassination&hl=en&view=2&emb=0 BBC production: ''The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy'' (2004)]