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i can t hear you, johnny. what do you what? you want me to move back a little bit? is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the chief camera man and assistant news director of wfaa television. this is burt ship. burt, we brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point? jay, i was standing at the trade mart waiting his arrival there. all of a sudden, we saw them approaching. they didn t slow down, matter of fact they were going 70, 80 miles an hour past us and i jumped in the police car and went to parkland. these two men came running in, one of them had a large appeared to be a machine gun and they were hollers for stretchers and cots and everything. the governor, they brought him in first. what happened after this? the president come in behind him and they took them, both of them back. albert thomas, democratic texas is standing outside the corridor of the emergency room,
kilt news terminal. dallas police, shots were fired at the motorcade of president kennedy in downtown dallas. police radios are carrying that the president has been hit. parkland hospital has been advised to stand by for a severe gunshot wound. this is walter cronkite in our newsroom and there has been an attempt on the life of president kennedy. turn the mic on. i can t hear you, johnny. what do you what? you want me to move back a little bit? is it all right now? is this all right? ladies and gentlemen, i would like to introduce the chief camera man and assistant news director of wfaa television. this is burt ship. burt, we brought the people pretty much up to date. would you tell them exactly what you know as of this point?
a gentlemen just walked in our studio that i m meeting for the first time as well as you. this is wfaa tv in dallas, texas. may i have your name, sir. mr. zapruder. zapruder? yes, sir. tell us your story, sir? i got out a half hour earlier to get in a good spot to take some pictures. 5-year-old boy and myself were by ourselves there on palmer street. and i asked joe to wave and joe waved and it s all right, sir. go ahead. he was waving back. he was the shot rang out and he slumped down in the seat. all of a sudden, this next one popped and governor connally grabbed his stomach and kind of laid over to the side.
this is wfaa tv in dallas, texas. may i have your name, sir. mr. zaputta. zaputta? yes, sir. tell us your story, sir? i got out a half hour earlier to get in a good spot to take some pictures. 5-year-old boy and myself were on the grass there and joe waved and i waved and it s all right, sir. go ahead. he was waving back. he was the shot rang out and he slumped down in the seat. all of a sudden, this next one popped and governor connally grabbed his stomach and kind of laid over to the side. and another one and president kennedy reached up and looked like he grabbed his ear and blood just started gushing out. i didn t see any person fire the weapon. you only heard it? i only heard it and looked up and saw a man running up this hill. if it s a conspiracy, not only the president was hit, the