Text: Lu Hanzi
On October 21, local time, US President Trump said that he would allow the National Archives to release the remaining confidential documents of Kennedy's assassination on October 26 under the direction of Congress. Under a 1992 U.S. Congressional bill, classified documents of the Kennedy assassination should be declassified over a 25-year period. Previously, a number of archives have been released one after another, but the last batch of documents is still "hidden in the snow". Although the archives have not yet been released, a few words have once again brought the world's memory back to 54 years ago.
If we zoom in on the timeline of the day of the assassination. Everything will be as clear as a slow-motion replay:
At 11:37 a.m. local time in Dallas on November 22, 1963, the presidential plane Air Force One landed at Raffield Airport. Before going from the airport to the Dallas Trade Fair to deliver an election speech, Kennedy was also scheduled for a grand street parade. The Kennedys, who have been crowned as stars since their first candidacy, will be cheered by citizens in downtown Dallas neighborhoods. As a major selling point of the Kennedy campaign, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy has been a media darling. In order to benefit the citizens of Dallas, Kennedy gave up the bulletproof cover of the car and completely opened the Luxury Convertible of Lincoln Continental, as a sign of trust in the Southern voters. Unfortunately, judging from what happened later, this was really a reckless trust.
After 12:00, the convoy successfully arrived in Dallas. The speed of the vehicle was also reduced to 15-20 km/h. There were 6 people sitting in the president's car. In the first row, there was the driver and agent Roy Clementine, and behind them were Texas Governor John Connery and Mrs. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline sat in the back seat, with Kennedy on the right. Enthusiastic crowds and protesting slogans weaved the convoy forward, and those signs of protest and discontent were commonplace and not to be feared in a democracy like the United States. The president's own mood was completely unaffected by it, and he still waved to the crowd in a timely manner.
At 12:30, the convoy turned into Houston Avenue at Dealey Plaza, took a few steps toward the Texas Textbook Warehouse Building and turned onto Elm Avenue. There is a railway interchange at the end of the area, so there are fewer citizens who were originally clustered near the motorcade. Coupled with the fact that on one side of Elm Avenue was a large open lawn, and looking down from the right side of the textbook warehouse building, the entire convoy was completely exposed. At this time, the speed of the car remained low, so although the convoy was followed by agents throughout the process and the streets were closely checked, the choice of the convertible was itself doomed to an unavoidable Achilles heel in defense. At this time, the ordinary dallas tailor Abraham M. Abraham Zapruder, who was standing on the side of the road with an 8mm home camera filming the president's convoy, will be remembered for that bloody moment.
On November 22, 1963, the President's motorcade passed through the city of Dallas. In the first row, there was driver and agent Roy Kleiman, and behind them were Texas Governor John Connery and Mrs. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline sat in the back seat, with Kennedy on the right
At 12:30:30, the first gunshot rang out in the square, and Kennedy smiled and covered his neck with his hand. Followed by. Kennedy's head, who had been holding his neck and his wife's whisper, was seen plunging down. The skull on his right side was knocked off, and blood and brain plasma were splattering around like flowers. The effect of Zeplud's old camera was not good, and even the president's face was a faint and indistinguishable white, but in that moment, he saw a bright red on the right half of his head, and blood sprayed all over the car. Frightened, Jacqueline Kennedy, trembling, put down her husband and crawled into the trunk while clintHill, an accompanying agent in the other car, was climbing from the bumper at the rear of the trunk to try to protect the president and persuade Jacqueline Kennedy to return to the back seat. Anyone who has seen the famous Zeplud video will not forget how athletic Hill was at the time, and he almost forced Jacqueline to return to her seat. According to Agent Hill, the president's right rear head was completely blown away. The entire brain is exposed. Blood sprayed along with other indistinguishable tissues. Stained everyone in the car red. Meanwhile, Governor Connery was shot and seriously wounded. After hearing the gunshots, the driver sped up and quickly transported the president and the governor to Parkland Hospital, 6.4 kilometers away from the scene of the incident.
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