Donahue's Dealey Plaza odyssey began 21 years earlier. On Nov. 22, 1963, Air Force One delivered the president and his wife, Jacqueline, to Love Field in Dallas, Texas just before 11:40 am. As he was coming toward us, he was not against the curb lane. These twenty-two items were arranged to correspond to my scenario of eight shots. It was a very hot day. We can place two shots from GKF prior to Z313 and there is no compelling reason to believe there was a third shot from GKF. The line runs from the edge of the sign to the sign post and the discoloration pattern is pronounced. Reflecting pools and colonnades, Dealey Plaza along Houston St. Two reflecting pools extend along Houston St. within the plaza with each extending from Main St. to the edges of the plaza. On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:02:45 PM UTC-4, On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 8:46:59 PM UTC-4, bigdog, On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 6:11:14 PM UTC-4, Spence. (A small plaque commemorating the assassination is located in the plaza.). LONE ASSASSIN Or SHOT FORM THE FRONT AND STABBED IN THE BACK! 7273, Testimony of Marina Oswald, Kantor Exhibit No. 1 Dealey Plaza 2 John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza 3 Klyde Warren Park 4 Pioneer Plaza, Dallas 5 John Neely Bryan Cabin, Dallas 6 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 7 Dallas City Hall 8 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas 9 Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture, Texas 10 Giant Eyeball, Dallas 11 Dallas County Courthouse I believe the TSBDE shooter could not hit anything with his inferior rifle, and he will manage to fire just two shots in ten seconds. Nov. 20, 2013 -- intro: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated Nov. 22, 1963, while riding in an open car in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza in Dallas. These two men were best friends with both Jack and Bobby Kennedy. Connallys testimony did not mention this gunshot, which means that his and the Presidents reactions were an unconscious reflex. 1 The east window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository (the Oswald window) TSBDE (shots #1 & #8), 2 The west window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository TSBDW (shot #5). They gave us flowers. The 26-second film often regarded as the most famous home movie in history was shot by a Texas dressmaker, Abraham Zapruder, 58 years old at the time. The shooter at TSBDW shot once and hit Governor Connally. Jacqueline Kennedy:I was looking this way, to the left, and I heard these terrible noises, you know. The shot would not produce the dispersion of particles seen in the authopsy X-rays, and it would almost certainly wound Mrs. Kennedy with ejected material. Below left, Map of Dealey Plaza with a view of the Dal-Tex Building, below right, views of and from the Dal-Tex Bldg. The World War II veteran was a firearms specialist who'd testified as an expert witness in multiple shooting cases. Immediately west of the obelisk is a bronze bas relief marker mounted on red granite illustrating President Kennedy's visit to Dallas. Roberdeau map showing the location of the Breneman & West mark in relation to the limousine at Z255, Second Shot From GKF to Kennedys throat Z188. Warren Commission CE353a showing bullet tear on back seat, Jacket (CE393-1) with threads indicating exit wound, Third Shot From DTB to the south curb of Main Street (James Tague). said about 10 on the front end, and 10-20 at the back. Just after the gun shots rang out in Dealey Plaza the Dallas Police began combing the area around the assassination seen. The doctors at Parkland Hospital still insist that the throat wound was an entry wound; they did not see the back wound. The groove in the sidewalk on the north side of Elm Street lines up with TSBDW but not as a credible shot at the President. And with those last two shots I felt something sting me in the face. At that point he ducked behind the concrete in the triple underpass. Fifty-five years ago today, at 11:52, the motorcade carrying the Kennedys, governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, in an open-top Lincoln Continental departed for the citys Trade Mart. You do not know the caliber of the bullet nor where the shooter stood, knelt or lay prone. Every wound and bullet mark is accounted for and there isnt room for anything else. The Killing of a President: The Complete Photographic Record of the JFK Assassination, the Conspiracy, and the Cover-up. Nice and cozy, well protected, and out of view. I believe only one bullet is indicated by items 9-12. And then the car was waiting, but there was a big crowd there, all yelling, with banners and everything. So he asked that I write his personal secretary and that she would send me an autographed picture and that would be my excuse for history class. Some researchers are convinced that there was a hole in the windshield, which means that two bullets are required for the damage to the limousine. It was also the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963; 30 minutes after the shooting, Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Like Umbrella Man, Radio Man was a crowd member who stood watching while President Kennedy was shot. From the confusion surrounding the rifle it appears that something went wrong. Ahimsa is about the intent, rather than the action itself. Conspiracy theorists have suggested that this figure is a sniper firing a weapon at the President . Politics may have killed John F. Kennedy just as surely as the bullets. But instead of that we drove out to Carswell, took off, flew to Love Field, then drove through the city. Whitney: Did you look, get a look at the car at all once it got to the hospital? 411 Elm St, Dallas, TX 75202, USA. Hear No Evil: Social Constructivism and the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination. The man was tentatively identified but he denied being there or picking up anything. Confirmation will be received at time of booking. [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][c] Abraham Zapruder's film contains footage of the two women near Kennedy's presidential motorcade but no footage of the grassy knoll. The exception was the Texas School Book Depository, which was chosen to incriminate Oswald and not for its desirability as a shooting location. A very different experience at Dealey Plaza! cit., pg. Catch up on more JFK news here. Dealey Plaza is a plaza on the west end of downtown Dallas where the Sixth Floor Museum is now located. It is no longer necessary to prove that the Warren Commission was wrong about the shots in Dealey Plaza. I took the photograph from the south curb on Elm Street across from the north pergola, Photograph by James Altgens (Zapruder frame 255). Governor Connally did not let go of his hat even after his wrist was shattered. Other locations that have been proposed do not fit the totality of circumstances. Only a ricochet from the windshield could have caused the dent in the back of the mirror. The TSBDW shooter had just shot Governor Connally at Z224. 11 Governor Connally had a bullet embedded in his left thigh. Whitney: How close were you when you looked at it? Monuments outlining the plaza honor previous prominent Dallas residents and predate President John F. Kennedy's visit by many years. No witnesses described Dealey Plaza as a war zone or a shooting gallery. Witness estimates range from three to eight shots fired. Former President Kennedy was assassinated at Dealey Plaza in 1963. His umbrella . Along the drive, you can see Dealey Plaza and the John F. Kennedy Memorial. A shot fired shortly after the throat shot would give the DTB shooter almost five seconds to reset before his second shot (shot #6 to the frame of the windshield). Witnesses are famous for inventing information. Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. In this diagram, Cutler estimated (and I agree) that the throat shot occurred between Zapruder frames 208-211. The photo opportunity that would unfold as the couple stepped down the stairs at 11:44 was too good to pass up. The bullet The totality of circumstances surrounding the shooter locations and the shots necessarily assigned to those locations places constraints on our theories. And I just remember seeing that. You can no longer spot an "X" in Dealey Plaza. and there was a hole in the left front windshield..ah (17:30) I believe Kennedys forward movement is a rebound from the backward thrust of the throat shot and his attempt to regain composure. Sound evidence inadvertently recorded by a Dallas motorcycle patrolman's microphone, they testified, proved there was a fourth shot in Dealey Plaza on Nov. 22 -- and it came from the direction of . Bill Newman:I recall the president turning right on to Houston Street, then the car going that short block and turning back left on Elm. Most other witnesses failed to distinguish this shot location from the ones already used. In this rare 1970 interview, he describes his impression of the gunfire that killed the president. A high-powered rifle shot could easily have caused all of Connallys wounds. A forensic analysis of the head shot (Sherry Gutierrez Fiester, op. 'Braden, along with ex-convict Morgan Brown, was staying at the Cabana Motel, the same motel visited by (Jack)Ruby the night of November 21.' . Some witnesses said they saw smoke or sparks. Some of the Mannlicher-Carcano ammunition possibly dated from World War II and the cartridge for shot #1 was weak either because of age or poor manufacture. I took the photograph from the manhole cover, Photograph by William Allen Photograph by Jim Murray, Zapruder frame 400 showing bullet mark on grass. The Kennedys ride in Dallas, in the moments before the president was assassinated. Bobby Hargis, a Dallas policeman who was riding a Harley-Davidson as a police escort, dismounted his motorcycle and ran up the grassy knoll where he believed shots had been fired. The building is out of view from the assassination site, but it does have an open porch overlooking the Grassy Knoll. 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