From: The Day Kennedy Died
Eyewitness Accounts of Kennedy's Assassination
Jackie Kennedy's bodyguard, the doctor who tried to save Kennedy, and other eyewitnesses recount their stories from the day JFK was assassinated.
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The doctor who tried to save him. The Secret Service agent who was seconds too late. The man wrongly accused of his murder. And the woman who unwittingly sheltered an assassin. The death of JFK has inspired thousands of books and debates over the last 50 years, but the stories of the people there on that day have gone largely untold...until now. Experience November 22, 1963 as it has never been presented before, in this minute-by-minute account of that day, narrated by Academy Award-winner Kevin Spacey, and brought to life through rarely seen footage and rarely heard testimonies.
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Sid Davis
Read Full BioSid Davis was a reporter covering JFK's Texas trip. He accompanied the president on all of his appointments, and on the day of the shooting he was there for breakfast in Fort Worth, the arrival at Love Field, the motorcade, and the frantic hours at Parkland Hospital. When Kennedy's body arrived at the White House later, he was also there, recording it all in a notebook he still has today. -
Phyllis Hall
Read Full BioWhen Kennedy arrived at Parkland Hospital, Nurse Phyllis Hall received him and took him into the trauma room. She was the first to check his vital signs. -
Clint Hill
Read Full BioClint Hill was the Secret Service agent who famously jumped onto the back of the presidential limousine and grasped Jackie Kennedy's outstretched hand after the president was shot. Assigned to protect the First Lady, he held on to the car as it raced to Parkland Hospital and continued to serve her for the next year. -
Dr. Robert McClelland
Read Full BioDr. Robert McClelland is now the last surviving member of the clinical team that frantically tried to revive JFK at Parkland Hospital. He helped perform a tracheostomy on the President's neck and still has the bloodstained shirt he was wearing that day. -
Wesley Buell Frazier
Read Full BioWesley Buell Frazier worked with Lee Harvey Oswald and was also arrested and accused of participating in the assassination. He was cleared of any wrongdoing, but has never fully recovered from the ordeal - or from the realization that he drove Oswald to work on the morning of the shooting.
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