'Oh Jack what have they done?’: Jacqueline Kennedy’s words as JFK was shot dead
The US Secret Service agent who ran to President John F Kennedy’s side when he was shot has described the harrowing seconds after the assassination.
Breaking a silence of nearly half a century, Clint Hill told how he jumped into the president’s car and consoled Jacqueline Kennedy, the First Lady, as she cradled her husband’s head in her lap.
Mr Hill, now in his late 70s, had been assigned to protect Mrs Kennedy as she and the president were driven through Dallas in an open top car on Nov 22, 1963.
Mr Hill and several other agents have now written a book called “The Kennedy Detail” recounting the events of the day from their perspective....
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Breaking a silence of nearly half a century, Clint Hill told how he jumped into the president’s car and consoled Jacqueline Kennedy, the First Lady, as she cradled her husband’s head in her lap.
Mr Hill, now in his late 70s, had been assigned to protect Mrs Kennedy as she and the president were driven through Dallas in an open top car on Nov 22, 1963.
Mr Hill and several other agents have now written a book called “The Kennedy Detail” recounting the events of the day from their perspective....