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JFK motorcade

Daniel R. Roffe

With meticulous calculation, learned in his studies and work as an engineer (with a degree from Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia), Daniel Roffe spent years charting every piece of ballistic and photographic evidence from Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas—the hallowed and horrific site of what many feel was the “Crime of the 20th Century”—where, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was mortally wounded.The fatal shot was the Third on that fateful day. The evidence showed that the First shot came from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository. That bullet hit the pavement to the right rear of the Presidential limousine releasing a shower of small concrete fragments, two of which hit the President on the right side of his face.2.24 seconds later, the Second bullet hit his upper back and passed down through his neck, “slid” past his carotid artery and jugular and exited through the base of his throat...it then passed through Governor Connally's back, exited his chest, smashed through his right wrist, embedded in his left thigh...and later fell out and was found on a gurney in Parkland Hospital. Commander James Humes, a U.S. Navy doctor who performed the autopsy, stated that the wounds to the President would not have been fatal.4.92 seconds later, the President's head “exploded” and a shower of blood, bone and brain matter was ejected in a jet-like corona from the right side of his head. The angle of the wound, the position of the President, and the lack of a facial exit wound precludes a third shot from the Texas School Book Depository.Additional, compelling evidence shows that one of the three shell casings found on the floor near the “sniper's nest” in the Book Depository had a bent casing lip...the FBI suggested that this cartridge could not have been safely fired on that day and was probably a “dry fire” or, “practice” casing.Evidence leads to the only other gun KNOWN?to be in proximity to the President...the AR-15 pulled from the floor of the Secret Service car by Agent George W. Hickey, Jr., who grabbed it, released the safety, turned towards the Book Depository, then found himself twisting and falling forward as his car's driver applied brakes upon seeing the brake lights of the Presidential limousine...as he grabbed for something to stop his fall, with his finger on the AR-15 trigger, Hickey's hand involuntarily clenched and supplied enough force to accidentally discharge his weapon...thus, was history made.

GenresKennedy, John FAssassination

208 pages

English edition · First published 2013 by Harrowood Books · ISBN 9780915180486

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