1 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:27,194 Let all our neighbors know that we shall 2 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:31,365 join with them to oppose aggression or subversion 3 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:34,117 anywhere in the Americas. 4 00:00:34,785 --> 00:00:38,747 And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to 5 00:00:38,747 --> 00:00:41,917 remain the master of its own house. 6 00:00:43,627 --> 00:00:46,922 My fellow citizens of the world, 7 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:51,343 ask not what America will do for you, 8 00:00:51,343 --> 00:00:55,347 but what together we can do for the freedom of man. 9 00:02:00,912 --> 00:02:04,833 I'm 91 years old now, and it's been 10 00:02:04,833 --> 00:02:07,586 60 years this year. 11 00:02:08,836 --> 00:02:11,965 There are a few of us left. 12 00:02:12,924 --> 00:02:15,385 But very few. 13 00:02:16,511 --> 00:02:19,723 I think about the event as it happened. 14 00:02:20,015 --> 00:02:22,601 And I go right back to the moment that it happened. 15 00:02:22,601 --> 00:02:24,603 I mean, it's there. 16 00:02:24,603 --> 00:02:27,522 It's like a movie, run through my brain. 17 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:38,695 I was a Secret Service agent that protected the 18 00:04:38,695 --> 00:04:42,032 President of the United States and his wife and family. 19 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,963 And I was assigned to protect Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy. 20 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:08,808 First ladies previous to Mrs. Kennedy had done things 21 00:05:08,808 --> 00:05:13,855 like go shopping, watch ballet, 22 00:05:13,855 --> 00:05:16,858 play canasta, a card game, 23 00:05:16,858 --> 00:05:19,277 and that's about the most activities the agents had 24 00:05:19,277 --> 00:05:21,988 that were with those ladies. 25 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:24,741 And that's not what I aspired to. 26 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:27,744 I wanted to be where the action was. 27 00:05:35,585 --> 00:05:39,840 And I did not think it would be with Mrs. Kennedy. 28 00:05:45,262 --> 00:05:48,557 I was really mistaken in that belief, 29 00:05:48,557 --> 00:05:50,933 it turned out. 30 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,024 It was very unusual for her 31 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:01,152 to participate in anything political. 32 00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:03,989 She didn't like politics. 33 00:06:12,122 --> 00:06:13,456 She told me that she thought 34 00:06:13,456 --> 00:06:16,501 she would go on this trip to Texas. 35 00:06:16,501 --> 00:06:20,046 She wanted to do everything she could to help President Kennedy 36 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:23,300 get re-elected in 1964. 37 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:26,011 They wanted to get out in front early. 38 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:45,322 Freedom, freedom, freedom. 39 00:06:45,322 --> 00:06:46,323 Louder! Louder! 40 00:06:46,323 --> 00:06:47,616 Freedom! 41 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:48,825 Louder! 42 00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:52,245 Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! 43 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,823 The whole trip brings back memories. 44 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:21,418 I can remember everything pretty much in detail. 45 00:09:14,804 --> 00:09:18,933 It was like a dream come true for me. 46 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:21,561 When I first joined the Secret Service, 47 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:24,898 this is what I wanted to do. 48 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:37,327 My code name was Debut. 49 00:09:37,327 --> 00:09:40,163 I think that was just because I was so young. 50 00:09:45,627 --> 00:09:48,421 Clint, his code name was Dazzle. 51 00:09:51,216 --> 00:09:54,719 He knew Mrs. Kennedy like the back of his hand, 52 00:09:54,719 --> 00:09:58,431 and there were just two of us assigned to her at that time. 53 00:09:58,431 --> 00:10:00,100 We did everything together. 54 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,227 We began to think alike. 55 00:10:12,070 --> 00:10:14,864 Mrs. Kennedy is proving an able campaigner as 56 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:16,950 she charms the crowds with her smile, 57 00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:19,410 handshakes and pleasantries. 58 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:25,583 Everybody wanted to see Jackie. 59 00:10:25,583 --> 00:10:29,170 Chanting "Jackie, Jackie, Jackie." 60 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:34,551 They were like a movie star couple really. 61 00:10:34,884 --> 00:10:37,595 I think he kind of thrived on that. 62 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:05,164 When we got to Fort Worth that night, it was 11:00. 63 00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:12,422 Still had a large crowd outside the hotel. 64 00:11:21,639 --> 00:11:24,809 We were all in a good mood and felt that there was no sign of 65 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:28,146 animosity or anything like that. 66 00:11:36,571 --> 00:11:39,908 570 Radio in Fort Worth, WBAP. 67 00:11:39,908 --> 00:11:40,783 Here is Morning Edition, 68 00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:42,619 complete news and weather coverage, 69 00:11:42,619 --> 00:11:46,164 combining authoritative sources of WBAP and ABC, 70 00:11:46,164 --> 00:11:48,708 brought to you by your 30 conveniently located 71 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:51,085 Buddies Supermarkets. 72 00:11:51,085 --> 00:11:52,962 Good morning everyone. 73 00:11:52,962 --> 00:11:55,006 President and Mrs. Kennedy arrived in Fort Worth from 74 00:11:55,006 --> 00:11:58,176 Houston late last night to an enthusiastic reception from 75 00:11:58,176 --> 00:12:00,845 huge crowds, and spent the night in suite 850 76 00:12:00,845 --> 00:12:03,514 at Hotel Texas downtown. 77 00:12:18,696 --> 00:12:21,032 Thousands gathered around the presidential hotel 78 00:12:21,032 --> 00:12:23,826 in Fort Worth this morning in drizzling rain. 79 00:12:23,826 --> 00:12:26,371 Many starting nearly three hours before the Kennedys 80 00:12:26,371 --> 00:12:27,705 were to come out. 81 00:12:29,832 --> 00:12:31,250 After all, it was Mrs. Kennedy's 82 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:32,752 first trip to Texas, 83 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:35,755 and Texans like to make big impressions. 84 00:12:38,549 --> 00:12:41,469 This is Sid Davis with the presidential party, Texas. 85 00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:49,268 I was with Westinghouse Broadcasting Company 86 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:51,229 as a White House correspondent, 87 00:12:51,229 --> 00:12:54,857 and I covered Kennedy wherever he went. 88 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:57,735 When the Dallas trip was announced, 89 00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:59,862 we were excited at the fact that it would be a 90 00:12:59,862 --> 00:13:03,032 good political trip because we knew that Texas was not 91 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:05,660 a Kennedy town or state. 92 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:08,329 So, there was some trepidation on the part of the press and 93 00:13:08,329 --> 00:13:10,957 what kind of a reception Kennedy would get. 94 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:17,922 Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. 95 00:13:26,431 --> 00:13:29,100 He was inspirational. 96 00:13:31,310 --> 00:13:33,563 Even if you didn't agree with him, 97 00:13:33,563 --> 00:13:35,982 you couldn't help but like him. 98 00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:39,861 You know, "we shall go to the moon in this decade and return 99 00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:42,155 the astronauts safely to Earth." 100 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:45,074 And everybody said, "he's nuts, he's crazy." 101 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:52,707 Why choose this as our goal? 102 00:13:52,707 --> 00:13:56,627 And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? 103 00:13:56,627 --> 00:14:00,965 Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? 104 00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:03,342 Why does Rice play Texas? 105 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:06,054 We choose to go to the moon! 106 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:08,097 We choose to go to the moon... 107 00:14:14,145 --> 00:14:16,981 We choose to go to the moon in this decade and 108 00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:18,149 do the other things, 109 00:14:18,441 --> 00:14:22,403 not because they are easy, but because they are hard. 110 00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:25,656 Talk about being a gambler? 111 00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:29,952 This guy had what the Spanish would call cajones, 112 00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:32,163 you know? 113 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:46,969 There was a breakfast that morning, 114 00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:50,890 and I think there were about 2,000 or more people there. 115 00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:55,228 And President Kennedy really wanted Jackie to be seen 116 00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:57,897 by everybody in Texas. 117 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:01,275 Texas was such an important state. 118 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:04,487 He felt that with Jackie along, he would do better. 119 00:15:15,832 --> 00:15:17,291 As you may have noticed, 120 00:15:17,291 --> 00:15:19,252 Mrs. Kennedy did not enter with the President. 121 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,879 So far, we have no indication of where she may be, 122 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:24,340 and I can tell you from where we are standing, 123 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:26,050 there are quite a few ladies who appear to be 124 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:29,303 quite disappointed that Mrs. Kennedy is not here. 125 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:37,186 Now, Mrs. Kennedy had indicated that she was 126 00:15:37,186 --> 00:15:39,647 not planning to go to this breakfast. 127 00:15:39,647 --> 00:15:42,650 And so, I went to Mrs. Kennedy's room 128 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:45,903 and she was preparing to leave the hotel. 129 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,156 Quite a few people in the ballroom are 130 00:15:48,156 --> 00:15:49,824 watching the maitre-d. 131 00:15:49,824 --> 00:15:51,409 He's the short man that's walking back and forth 132 00:15:51,409 --> 00:15:53,452 behind the head table. 133 00:15:54,829 --> 00:15:57,165 Now he's pouring coffee. 134 00:15:57,165 --> 00:15:58,124 As he moves down the line, 135 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:01,210 he did not stop at Mrs. Kennedy's place. 136 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:05,298 Then the phone rang, 137 00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:07,675 and it was the agent who was with the President 138 00:16:07,675 --> 00:16:10,261 down at the breakfast. 139 00:16:10,928 --> 00:16:13,890 He said, "Clint, the President wants you to 140 00:16:13,890 --> 00:16:16,184 bring Mrs. Kennedy down here." 141 00:16:16,184 --> 00:16:20,062 I said, "Oh, she's not planning to go to that breakfast at all." 142 00:16:20,897 --> 00:16:24,358 He said, "Clint, you didn't get the message. 143 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:29,447 The President says, bring Mrs. Kennedy down here now." 144 00:16:29,447 --> 00:16:32,742 I said, "Okay, I got the message." 145 00:16:40,540 --> 00:16:42,084 The door opened, we walked in, 146 00:16:42,084 --> 00:16:44,921 and the place absolutely erupted. 147 00:17:01,479 --> 00:17:03,397 When she walked into the room, 148 00:17:03,397 --> 00:17:06,651 the crowd just got out of its chairs and started cheering. 149 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:25,419 She was dressed in this two-piece suit, 150 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:29,006 and I'm not a fashion expert, so I said to one of the 151 00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:33,552 lady reporters, I said, "Is that pink?" 152 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:38,224 She said, "Mrs. Kennedy wouldn't be caught dead in pink." 153 00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:40,893 I said, "Shoot, excuse me. 154 00:17:41,978 --> 00:17:43,020 What do you call it?" 155 00:17:43,437 --> 00:17:45,940 She said, "You can call it strawberry or raspberry." 156 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:48,401 And I called it raspberry. 157 00:17:52,530 --> 00:17:54,991 Ladies and gentlemen, two years ago 158 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:57,743 I introduced myself in Paris by saying that I was the man 159 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,079 who had accompanied Mrs. Kennedy to Paris. 160 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:01,998 I'm getting somewhat that same sensation 161 00:18:01,998 --> 00:18:03,874 as I travel around Texas. 162 00:18:11,882 --> 00:18:14,135 Nobody wonders what Lyndon and I wear. 163 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,567 She'd been through a terrible period 164 00:18:29,567 --> 00:18:31,360 the previous four months. 165 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,654 Her baby, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, 166 00:18:33,654 --> 00:18:37,366 died in August, and so she was getting over that. 167 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:40,828 This was her first visit out of the White House in the public. 168 00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:48,502 And so, it was an uplifting thing for people to see her 169 00:18:48,502 --> 00:18:50,504 out and smiling. 170 00:18:57,428 --> 00:18:59,055 Prior to that you'd never see them 171 00:18:59,055 --> 00:19:01,974 hug or kiss or hold hands in public. 172 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:06,103 From that point on, they didn't care who was there. 173 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:10,608 They'd hold hands, they'd hug. 174 00:19:10,608 --> 00:19:13,694 And it changed their relationship. 175 00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:19,784 It really changed everything. 176 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:25,956 I'd never seen her happier than 177 00:19:25,956 --> 00:19:28,042 she was that morning. 178 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:33,798 Mr. President, we know that you don't wear a hat. 179 00:19:33,798 --> 00:19:37,385 . 180 00:19:37,385 --> 00:19:39,595 Couldn't let you leave Fort Worth without 181 00:19:39,595 --> 00:19:42,556 providing you with some protection against the rain. 182 00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:50,940 . 183 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:06,914 The time we were ready to leave Fort Worth that 184 00:20:06,914 --> 00:20:09,583 morning, we drove out to Carswell Air Force Base, 185 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:13,212 and we got in Air Force One to fly to Dallas. 186 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,342 At this moment three special jetliners are supposed 187 00:20:18,342 --> 00:20:22,054 to be in the air between Dallas and Fort Worth. 188 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:24,390 Right now, the eyes of Texas 189 00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:27,101 and the nation are focused on Dallas. 190 00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:58,507 The day we left, we had a briefing, 191 00:20:58,507 --> 00:21:02,094 and everybody was given their assignments and 192 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:04,722 what they would be doing. 193 00:21:04,722 --> 00:21:10,144 And this was the first I learned that Dallas 194 00:21:10,144 --> 00:21:14,356 had a moniker, the City of Hate. 195 00:21:14,857 --> 00:21:19,403 I, I never knew, had never thought anything about that. 196 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:27,453 Dallas to me was big money. 197 00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:31,874 You had the Hunt brothers, oil country, 198 00:21:32,249 --> 00:21:34,418 home of the big rich. 199 00:21:34,418 --> 00:21:36,879 I was surprised to hear this. 200 00:21:36,879 --> 00:21:41,550 I knew nothing about it being a bad political environment. 201 00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:47,765 Dallas Police Chief, Jesse Curry, 202 00:21:47,765 --> 00:21:49,600 has told the citizens and visitors that nothing must 203 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,936 occur that would be disrespectful or degrading 204 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:53,771 to the President. 205 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,316 But there are those opposition signs, 206 00:21:57,316 --> 00:22:00,611 and we see in brilliant evidence right now, 207 00:22:00,611 --> 00:22:03,989 a Texas flag and a huge Confederate flag are flying. 208 00:22:04,281 --> 00:22:06,367 We undoubtedly will have a few pickets, 209 00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:08,828 as you have everywhere in the United States. 210 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:12,623 There will probably be a few of the radical right wing. 211 00:22:12,623 --> 00:22:15,292 Possibly a few of the radical left wing. 212 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:19,046 But sincerely, we anticipate no trouble. 213 00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:30,432 Being a young 19-year-old boy from Dallas, 214 00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:34,019 I never had seen a presidential motorcade. 215 00:22:34,979 --> 00:22:39,108 Um, I didn't know what to expect. 216 00:22:39,108 --> 00:22:41,235 I had no idea. 217 00:22:41,235 --> 00:22:45,239 Uh, my number one thing was you go into work and 218 00:22:45,239 --> 00:22:47,825 doing what you had to do, and get home. 219 00:22:53,747 --> 00:22:57,835 Well, that Friday felt like any other Friday morning. 220 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:10,055 I drove Lee Harvey Oswald to work, because 221 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:13,017 Lee did not own a car. 222 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:19,023 We listened to the radio. 223 00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:20,941 Lee wasn't a big talker. 224 00:23:20,941 --> 00:23:24,278 He would not initiate a conversation. 225 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:29,366 The thing he would talk most about was his child. 226 00:23:33,037 --> 00:23:36,248 And I noticed a package on the backseat. 227 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,959 And I just glanced at it, I didn't look at it. 228 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:42,880 I said, "What's in the package, Lee?" 229 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,425 And he says, "Curtain rods." 230 00:23:52,598 --> 00:23:56,769 Then we got to work at Texas School Book Depository. 231 00:24:04,151 --> 00:24:07,363 And Lee gets out, gets the package, 232 00:24:07,363 --> 00:24:09,948 and he walked off. 233 00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:21,627 We always walked together, but not this morning. 234 00:24:25,172 --> 00:24:28,384 And it never dawned on me anything was different. 235 00:25:09,883 --> 00:25:11,593 When we arrived at Love Field, 236 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:15,472 there was a huge crowd waiting to see the President. 237 00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:19,059 I put the boys in their Sunday best clothes, 238 00:25:19,059 --> 00:25:21,520 and we both dressed up. 239 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,897 We were excited. 240 00:25:23,897 --> 00:25:25,899 We said we were taking the children, 241 00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:29,737 but I think we were more interested in seeing 242 00:25:29,737 --> 00:25:33,115 the President and First Lady than, than uh, the kids. 243 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:35,534 They didn't know who they were. 244 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,792 Gayle and myself were glad to be there. 245 00:25:45,085 --> 00:25:47,212 It's not an everyday event that 246 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,799 the President of the United States comes to Dallas, Texas. 247 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,762 It looked like the best place to be was out at Love Field 248 00:25:54,762 --> 00:25:57,723 as the plane came in. 249 00:25:59,975 --> 00:26:01,935 And here comes the presidential plane, 250 00:26:01,935 --> 00:26:04,229 Air Force number one. 251 00:26:35,886 --> 00:26:37,679 The official greeting party is consisting of 252 00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,473 the Vice President Lyndon Johnson, 253 00:26:39,473 --> 00:26:43,560 and Mrs. Johnson of course. 254 00:27:07,209 --> 00:27:11,004 At the airport in Love Field on arrival, 255 00:27:11,004 --> 00:27:13,006 there's large crowds. 256 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:16,844 President Kennedy, he just headed straight for the fence 257 00:27:16,844 --> 00:27:18,554 where the people were. 258 00:27:18,554 --> 00:27:21,098 Mrs. Kennedy normally wouldn't do that. 259 00:27:21,098 --> 00:27:22,850 But she went right along right behind him, 260 00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:25,936 and so I accompanied her. 261 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:57,009 We knew that there was a group in Dallas that did not like or 262 00:27:57,009 --> 00:27:59,136 did not agree with President Kennedy's position 263 00:27:59,136 --> 00:28:01,889 on many things. 264 00:28:08,770 --> 00:28:10,731 Now, how far they were willing to go for that, 265 00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:12,858 I did not know, we did not know. 266 00:28:15,819 --> 00:28:18,155 You never know what's in that crowd. 267 00:28:18,155 --> 00:28:21,408 Who's in that crowd. 268 00:28:27,164 --> 00:28:29,708 I mean, the crowd was pushing, 269 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:32,878 just surged around us and we weren't able to get any further. 270 00:28:35,881 --> 00:28:40,260 I wasn't able to really get up close. 271 00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:44,932 And Bill said, "I think we can probably get ahead of the 272 00:28:44,932 --> 00:28:49,978 motorcade and get down where we can get maybe a closer look." 273 00:28:52,814 --> 00:28:54,816 And now the President and First Lady 274 00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:56,485 are retreating from the fence. 275 00:28:56,485 --> 00:28:58,445 They're heading now for the official limousine, 276 00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:01,698 where Governor Connally stands, waiting their arrival so that 277 00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:04,242 they can make their way downtown. 278 00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:27,933 Gotta get to the car. 279 00:29:47,911 --> 00:29:50,706 Now, it had been raining lightly, 280 00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:53,709 but it had stopped. 281 00:29:53,709 --> 00:29:55,711 By the time we were ready to leave, 282 00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:59,381 the word was "the top is to be off." 283 00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:11,560 The President's insisted on having an open car, 284 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,312 was because he wanted to be felt 285 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:16,982 as close to the people as possible. 286 00:30:16,982 --> 00:30:19,860 He wanted the people to feel there was never any barrier 287 00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:23,238 between them and him. 288 00:30:44,051 --> 00:30:50,891 We started to drive through the outskirts of Dallas. 289 00:30:54,895 --> 00:30:58,899 And I was surveying the crowd, just scanning them to see 290 00:30:58,899 --> 00:31:01,026 what was going on. 291 00:31:23,799 --> 00:31:27,344 Everywhere that they could get to see President and 292 00:31:27,344 --> 00:31:31,098 Mrs. Kennedy, they tried to get. 293 00:31:44,361 --> 00:31:48,115 I jumped from my position on the follow up car, 294 00:31:48,115 --> 00:31:53,203 and went to the rear bumper of the presidential vehicle, 295 00:31:53,203 --> 00:31:56,581 and got up on top of there, to be as close to Mrs. Kennedy as 296 00:31:56,581 --> 00:31:59,876 I could be, because I didn't know what to expect from any of 297 00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:03,755 these people who were that close to her. 298 00:32:19,312 --> 00:32:22,440 I was in the press bus, 299 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:26,653 'cause I could sit up front in the bus and see out. 300 00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:33,535 There was something magical about this trip, 301 00:32:33,535 --> 00:32:36,830 and I think it was Jackie, and the fact that he brought her. 302 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:43,128 I don't know, I uh... 303 00:32:43,670 --> 00:32:48,008 I changed my opinion about Dallas and Texas. 304 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:50,760 It was not a cold city. 305 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,555 It made a big difference because Jackie was there. 306 00:32:53,555 --> 00:32:56,141 I think the town really was very, 307 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:57,976 very welcoming to her. 308 00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:01,479 It was a celebration, that they were getting a chance to see 309 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:04,858 this First Lady who'd never been to Dallas. 310 00:33:04,858 --> 00:33:09,237 And, of course, it changed her life. 311 00:33:57,452 --> 00:34:01,122 I have this sense of guilt. 312 00:34:02,415 --> 00:34:05,460 I should have been able to do more than I did. 313 00:34:10,924 --> 00:34:14,010 I wasn't fast enough. 314 00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:19,599 I guess I wasn't faster than a speeding bullet. 315 00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:45,333 It appears as though something has happened 316 00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:46,876 in the motorcade route. 317 00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:48,043 Something, I repeat, has happened 318 00:34:48,043 --> 00:34:50,255 in the motorcade route. 319 00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:53,174 The limousine is now traveling at a very high rate of speed, 320 00:34:53,174 --> 00:34:55,802 Secret Service men standing up in the limousine. 321 00:34:56,219 --> 00:34:58,680 Mrs. Kennedy was screaming, 322 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:02,475 "they've shot his head off. I love you, Jack." 323 00:35:28,376 --> 00:35:31,087 It was at Dealey Plaza we saw the people trying 324 00:35:31,087 --> 00:35:33,757 to escape the danger. 325 00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:39,679 I saw women taking their shoes off, 326 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:42,265 running without heels. 327 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:49,856 I saw a father take his little boy, 328 00:35:49,856 --> 00:35:53,109 place the boy on the ground, 329 00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:56,154 and put his body on top of the boy. 330 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:04,954 We were one lane width away from him 331 00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:08,083 when he was shot in the head. 332 00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:13,588 I think my maternal instinct kicked in. 333 00:36:19,594 --> 00:36:22,806 Never in my mind, when I got up that morning, 334 00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:26,559 did I think that I would see something so horrific. 335 00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:39,155 I was shouting up to the driver, 336 00:36:39,155 --> 00:36:42,283 "Get us to the hospital, get us to the hospital." 337 00:36:42,283 --> 00:36:44,077 Mrs. Kennedy was in shock, 338 00:36:44,077 --> 00:36:47,205 with the President's head in her lap. 339 00:37:10,687 --> 00:37:15,066 When we got to Parkland Hospital, 340 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,446 Mrs. Kennedy had a hold of his body, 341 00:37:19,446 --> 00:37:22,115 and she would not let go. 342 00:37:22,115 --> 00:37:23,742 I pleaded with her, I said, 343 00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:27,620 "Please Mrs. Kennedy, let us help the President." 344 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:30,248 Got no response at all. 345 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:34,252 And then I realized, she wasn't going to let go. 346 00:37:35,211 --> 00:37:41,593 So, I took my suit coat off, and covered up his back, 347 00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:44,762 his head, shoulders and upper back, 348 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:47,891 and when I did that, she let go. 349 00:37:52,729 --> 00:37:54,647 The latest unconfirmed report from 350 00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:58,401 the emergency room is that he is still alive. 351 00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:01,529 Texas Governor John Connally also was hit by the bullet. 352 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:14,042 We got to trauma room one. 353 00:38:16,044 --> 00:38:19,005 I kind of got pushed in with the crowd, 354 00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:22,425 right beside his shoes or feet. 355 00:38:22,425 --> 00:38:24,552 I couldn't look at the President, 356 00:38:24,552 --> 00:38:28,848 I, I was feeling faint. 357 00:38:28,848 --> 00:38:32,560 I knew if I looked at him, I'd pass out. 358 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:36,940 And it was, I, I just, you can do this Paul. 359 00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:40,443 That was a time, you know, you're needed more. 360 00:38:42,237 --> 00:38:43,988 You've got to stay with it. 361 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:47,700 You've got to hang in there. 362 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:51,412 I heard a doctor shout, "Let me through, let me through", 363 00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:54,582 and they're asking everybody to evacuate the room. 364 00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:58,795 And it was about that time somebody came out and asked 365 00:38:58,795 --> 00:39:00,922 for the, uh... 366 00:39:00,922 --> 00:39:03,758 if anyone knew the President's blood type. 367 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:06,678 And Mrs. Kennedy kind of stood up and said, 368 00:39:06,678 --> 00:39:11,182 "Do you mean he's alive?", and it was just utter silence. 369 00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:52,932 My boss yelled at me, 370 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:55,518 "Clint, get a telephone, 371 00:39:55,518 --> 00:39:57,228 open up a line to the White House, 372 00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:59,522 let them know what's going on." 373 00:39:59,856 --> 00:40:02,108 The operator said, "Mr. Hill, I'm sorry, 374 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:05,612 but Robert Kennedy wants to talk to you." 375 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:08,072 I said, "Okay, fine. 376 00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:10,283 Mr. Attorney General, can I help you?" 377 00:40:10,283 --> 00:40:13,369 He said, "Clint," he said, "What's going on down there?" 378 00:40:13,369 --> 00:40:15,580 I said, "Both President Kennedy 379 00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:17,582 and the Governor have been shot." 380 00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:20,293 And he said, "Well, how bad is it?", 381 00:40:20,293 --> 00:40:23,796 and so I just said, "Well, it's as bad as it could get", 382 00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:26,633 and with that, he just hung up the phone. 383 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:34,098 Mrs. Kennedy, she knew. 384 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:37,810 As soon as he fell in her lap, I'm sure, 385 00:40:37,810 --> 00:40:41,439 she knew that the President could not have survived and 386 00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:44,067 was, in fact, dead. 387 00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:47,797 This is Edwin Newman and the 388 00:41:47,797 --> 00:41:49,424 NBC Newsroom in New York. 389 00:41:49,424 --> 00:41:50,717 This information from Dallas. 390 00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:53,177 President Kennedy was given the last Holy Rites of the 391 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:55,596 Roman Catholic Church today. 392 00:41:55,596 --> 00:41:58,599 That was, of course, after he was shot down by a would-be 393 00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:00,810 assassin while he was riding in the caravan through 394 00:42:00,810 --> 00:42:02,937 downtown Dallas. 395 00:42:06,816 --> 00:42:09,318 Two priests, who were with President Kennedy, 396 00:42:09,318 --> 00:42:11,863 say he is dead of bullet wound. 397 00:42:11,863 --> 00:42:17,618 This is the latest information we have from Dallas. 398 00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:22,373 We will attempt now to get to station WBAP-TV... 399 00:42:32,508 --> 00:42:34,635 What's your you feeling right now? 400 00:42:34,635 --> 00:42:36,763 I really couldn't say. 401 00:42:36,763 --> 00:42:38,097 Really. 402 00:42:38,097 --> 00:42:40,683 Right now, I just don't know what to do. 403 00:42:40,683 --> 00:42:44,312 I don't even know where to go, what to say. 404 00:42:44,312 --> 00:42:47,440 There's nothing for me to say. 405 00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:04,248 Yeah, it's my belief that the United States 406 00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:09,796 lost its innocence on November 22nd, 1963. 407 00:43:24,227 --> 00:43:26,687 The search now centers at the area near the 408 00:43:26,687 --> 00:43:29,232 old Texas School Book Depository building, 409 00:43:29,232 --> 00:43:32,693 and there is a possibility that the would-be assassin is still 410 00:43:32,693 --> 00:43:34,487 inside that building. 411 00:43:34,487 --> 00:43:35,655 When most people are running away, 412 00:43:35,655 --> 00:43:38,324 that's when police officers are running in. 413 00:43:45,957 --> 00:43:47,792 The plane which is carrying the President's body 414 00:43:47,792 --> 00:43:51,337 in a bronze casket also has now-President Lyndon Johnson, 415 00:43:51,337 --> 00:43:53,714 as well as Mrs. Kennedy. 416 00:43:56,968 --> 00:44:02,098 She said, "let them see what they have done." 417 00:44:02,098 --> 00:44:03,432 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.