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Kennedy Assassination (view source)
Revision as of 20:36, October 26, 2009
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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. One rifle shot rang out, hitting 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.
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. One rifle shot rang out, hitting 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.
At 12:37 P.M. the limo arrives at Parkland; the president and the governor were taken to emergency rooms; Connally was 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 down 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 was the terrible news broadcast to the public by 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."