Why does jackie kennedy reached back

Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Jaywon Choe. She was reaching for a piece of the President's head. The gunshot was deafening, Hill writes. Kennedy held her husband in her arms shouting, "Jack, Jack, what have they done to you? She refused to let him go, not wanting people to see him die. This is from Mrs. Connally's Warren Commission testimony,.

I have his brains in my hand," and she repeated that several times, and that was all the conversation. Of course, it is clear that Mrs.

Kennedy had nothing in her hand when she turned to reach across the trunk, so she had to have acquired the brain tissue afterward. Governor John Connally heard Mrs. Kennedy say exactly the same thing, as he reported in his WC testimony. Yes; she said, I heard her say one time, "I have got his brains in my hand. For our purposes, Governor Connally's recollection is even more significant than his wife's.

This is because the Governor, by his own admission, lost consciousness before the limousine had even left Dealey Plaza. He did not awaken until after the limousine had arrived at Parkland hospital.

This is more from Governor Connally's testimony,. After the third shot, and I heard Roy Kellerman tell the driver, "Bill, get out of line. At about that time, we began to pull out of the cavalcade, out of the line, and I lost consciousness and didn't regain consciousness until we got to the hospital. This left only a scant few seconds of consciousness in which he could have heard the First Lady's comment about holding brain tissue in her hand.

Years later, Mrs. Connally described to Robert Rees a sequence of events that matched perfectly with her husband's recollections. I thought my husband was dead,". Connally stated somberly. From behind her came Jackie's tortured wail, "Jack! They've killed my husband! I have his brains in my hands! The Secret Service man yelled for the driver to pull out of the motorcade. On his radio phone he related to the motorcyclists to head to the nearest hospital.

Connally recollected. Notice that Mrs. Connally recalled first hearing Jackie say "I have his brains in my hands", even before she heard Kellerman tell Greer to "pull out of the motorcade".

Of the many images that have burned into the world's conscience when JFK died, the First Lady in her pink suit may be the most enduring. President John F. To the public, the year-old leader of the United States was a happily married father-of-two. At 34, his wife of ten years was lauded for the style she had brought to the previously dowdy White House.

Landing in Texas, 56 years ago this week, in her pink suit and matching hat "the most beautiful woman to ever occupy the White House" smiled and waved to the welcoming crowds. One of the things she remembered about the day was how the President had asked — for the only time in their marriage — what she planned to wear during their trip to Dallas, she told William Manchester in one of two, five-hour interviews conducted for his account of the assassination, The Death of a President.

And you've got to look as marvellous as any of them. Be simple — show these Texans what good taste really is. While the suit is often credited to Chanel, it was instead an exact replica — even using Chanel material — made by Chez Ninon in a Park Avenue salon, to avoid political criticism. Jackie had worn it on six occasions prior to that day.