Fascinating bit of info I heard on what may have saved Pres Kennedy
I was watching CSPAN's American History tonight and; the former Dallas Times Herald journalist (forgot his name) who wrote a book on JFK's assassination. He said the back brace Kennedy was wearing might have been what basically killed him. He said the first bullet that went through Kennedy's neck and came out through his throat and hit Gov Connelly who was sitting infront of him made the governor slump sideways to his wife's lap. Kennedy would certainly have slumped sideways after taking the first shot thus would have missed the following shot that killed him. His back brace, which doctors later described as being very thick, prevented the side slump and held him in position to be the perfect target for the second fatal shot from Oswald that destroyed his brain. Had the brace not been there he would have fallen sideways onto Jackie's lap and most certainly would have survived that first shot just as the Texas governor who was hit by the same bullet had. It is tragic and sad that something that was there to support Kennedy's back served unintentionally as a target holder for Oswald. Painful to think about it.
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