Reply #63: In one of those odd quirks of fate, Oswald died in the same room [View All]

[rasputin1952]

Kennedy did. I still wonder if that shot should have been fatal. The autopsy reports I've seen don't go into great detail, but generally speaking a gut-shot can be dealt with pretty routinely even back then. Of course, if an artery were involved, it would be a different story. From all accounts, Oswald was alive when he arrived at Parkland.

Kennedy, even w/the traumatic wound to his head, was still breathing when he arrived at the Parkland's ER. I have no doubt that the docs there knew the fatal nature of the wound, but tried to keep him alive in spite of the mortal aspect of the wound.


I still have to wonder how any of this happened. The SS detail going to clubs the night before, the open windows; no security of the building roofs; security was beyond lax, it was nearly non-existent. This is particularly important since there were open death threats, as well as those that were known before but not disclosed.

I hope I live long enough to see the existing documents...but I am almost positive that many of them will come up "missing"...:(

On edit: the autopsy report for Oswald does state that "major blood vessels had been damaged and could not be repaired"

Oswald was shot 2 days after the Kennedy Assassination.