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Insulated, protected, sort of on olympus. she was quite alone. i don't think i ever saw anybody so much alone in my life. i went up to her, put my arms around her, and said something, i'm sure it was quite banal, like god help us all, because my feelings for her were too tumultuous to put into words. >> lady bird johnson's entire diary entry from that day is written out, longhand, and it has since been completely digitized and it is now available at the lbj library website along with the corresponding audio. lyndon johnson, of course, rose to the presidency in the wake of president kennedy's

Remembered going to the hospital in dallas after the shooting and coming across a distraught first lady jacqueline kennedy in the hallway of the hospital. >> suddenly, i found myself face-to-face with jackie in a small hall, i think it was right outside the operating room. you always think of her, or somebody like her, as being insulated, protected, sort of on olympus. she was quite alone. i don't think i ever saw anybody so much alone in my life. i went up to her, put my arms around her, and said something, i'm sure it was quite banal, like god help us all, because my

Wife of then-vice president lyndon johnson. ladybird johnson kept an audio diary throughout her entire time in the white house, and one of her audio entries, remarkably, is her personal recollections at the end of the day after she had been in dallas in the motorcade when the shooting happened. the car for vice president johnson and his wife was just a couple of cars behind president kennedy's in the motorcade. but this is how ladybird johnson that day in her audio diary remembered going to the hospital in dallas after the shooting and coming across a distraught first lady jacqueline kennedy i...