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WAS GETTING CLOSE, WOULDN'T BE TOO LONG BEFORE I WOULD GET TO SEE THE PRESIDENT. WHEN HE TURNED DOWN HOUSTON STREET, WHEN I SAW HIM AND HE SEEMED TO...
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| 00:07:44 |
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WAS PRESS HIS HAIR BACK. THE ONLY COMMENTS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT WAS THAT HIS TAN WAS BEAUTIFUL AND ALSO HIS HAIR WAS LOOKING GOOD THAT DAY. >> I...
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| 00:07:54 |
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THAT MAN, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR, ISN'T IT? AND HE SAID YES IT IS. I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> JUST ABOUT THAT TIME WE
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| 00:08:02 |
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HEARD THE SIRENS, EVERYTHING BEGAN TO PICK UP, EVERYONE WAS SO EXCITED, AND AS THEY CAME DOWN, THE MOTORCADE CAME DOWN THE SLOPE, WE ALL GOT CAUGHT UP...
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| 00:08:18 |
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THE STREET. I TOOK THE CAMERA AND AIMED IT, FOCUSED IT, AND STOOD THERE AND LOOKED THROUGH IT FOR QUITE A FEW SECONDS BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE SURE THEY...
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| 00:08:41 |
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SNAPPED, THERE WAS A SHOT, AND THIS IS WHAT MRS. NORMAN FOUND IN HER POLE POLAROID CAMERA. >> I HEARD THE SHOT AND
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| 00:08:55 |
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I SAY SHOT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A SHOT, A RIFLE SHOT. I HUNTED A GREAT DEAL IN MY LIFE, FIRED A RIFLE A GREAT MANY TIMES, I THOUGHT IT WAS A RIFLE...
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| 00:12:13 |
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THE PEOPLE START TO FALL ON THE GROUND. SOMEONE WAS SHOOTING AT THE PRESIDENT. AND THEN AT FIRST WE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMED SO UNREAL....
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| 00:12:31 |
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THEN KNEW THAT THIS WAS NOT FIRE CRACKERS OR TOW TORPEDOS UP IN THE RAIL YARD, BUT THAT IT WAS SHOTS. >>
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| 00:12:41 |
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WIRLD AROUND AND FELL ON THE GROUND AND I TOLD MY FRIEND, THOSE ARE SHOTS. THEY'RE SHOOTING, GET DOWN. SOME PEOPLE WERE FALLING TO THE GROUND AND...
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| 00:12:56 |
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THE SHOTS CAME FROM FULL OF US. AND EVENTUALLY ONE OF THE GUYS SAID, I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT. AND I SAID, I KNOW I'M RIGHT BECAUSE I COULD HEAR THE SOUND...
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| 00:13:15 |
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I NOTICED BY THE RATE OR THE DEGREE, THEN JOHN SAID THAT HE -- I HAD THIS IN MY HEAD AND THAT HE SAW IT. SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CAUSED BY, SOME KIND...
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| 00:13:39 |
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I LOOKED BACK IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND I COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS SOME COMMOTION IN THE PRESIDENT'S CAR. AND ABOUT THAT TIME, ONE OF THE -- I COULD...
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| 00:13:53 |
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TIME, NELLY PULLED ME DOWN INTO -- I HAD TURNED AGAIN, IN REACTION TO THIS BULLET AND IT TURNED FACING MY RIGHT. SHE PULLED ME OVER INTO HER LAP AND...
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| 00:14:39 |
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ACROSS AND UP. THE POSSIBILITY OF A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. AND THIS MAN, THE SAME MAN I HAD SAW PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL WAS IN THE WINDOW AND TAKING...
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| 00:15:41 |
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SEE IT, BUT I HEARD IT HIT. IF YOU'VE EVER DONE ANY FIRING, EVEN AT 200 OR 300 YARDS. AND YOU FIRED A RIFLE AT A DEER, YOU KNOW THE SOUND OF THAT SHELL,...
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| 00:16:27 |
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WHO WAS IN THE RIGHT FRONT, BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD SHOT BETWEEN THE TIME I WAS HIT AND BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE THIRD SHOT, BOTH THE DRIVER...
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| 00:17:14 |
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AND SOME PEOPLE WERE HOLLERING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THE POLICE SEEMED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH IT BECAUSE THEY WERE RUNNING IN THE WRONG...
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| 00:17:28 |
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YOUR MIND ABOUT THE DIRECTION FROM WHICH THOSE SHOTS CAME? >> NO, SIR, NOT AFTER I
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| 00:17:39 |
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HAD MOVED. IT WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE SHOTS WERE COMING BACK -- HOUSTON. >> I THINK THE SERVICE MEN
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| 00:17:48 |
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ASKED ME FOR A DESCRIPTION. I GAVE HIM A DESCRIPTION OF A MAN IN HIS EARLY 30s WEARING LIGHT KHAKI COLORED CLOTHING, PROBABLY 5'9" OR '10 WEIGHING 170...
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| 00:18:36 |
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TRAFFIC OFF THE EMERGENCY ENTRANCE TO PARKING HOSPITAL AND ALL THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT OFF THE INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD. >> SO WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED
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| 00:18:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OUT. OF THE CARA VAN AND BEGAN PICKING UP SPEED. THE CAR NEVER STOPPED, DID
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| 00:18:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT? >> NO. THE CAR NEVER STOPPED. AND ABOUT THIS TIME, I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. I WAS NOT CONSCIOUS ON THE RIGHT TO THE HOSPITAL, WHICH IS ONLY A MATTER...
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| 00:19:04 |
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ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE? >>
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| 00:19:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE PRESIDENT INVOLVED. I DO NOT KNOW THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT OR THE POSSIBILITY THAT SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN SHOT. 10-4, 12-40. CAR TWO. >>...
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| 00:19:23 |
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DO NOT HAVE THE SUSPECT. >>
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| 00:19:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I CAME TO AGAIN, APPARENTLY THE BRAKING ACTION OF THE CAR BROUGHT ME BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS. AND NELLY LATER TOLD ME, OF COURSE, THAT WE HAD A VERY...
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| 00:21:15 |
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AMERICAN HISTORY TV ON C-SPAN3 WHERE EVERY SUNDAY WE TEACH A PROGRAMMING ON THE PRESIDENCY. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED 49 YEARS...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.