The First Shot

[Tom Graves]

You gotta wonder if Gov Connally is seated more toward the middle of the JFK limo than JFK is, how is it that when he turns to his right he can't see JFK behind him? 

Dear Comrade Storing,

That's an excellent question!

Which I've addressed about five times over the past year -- most recently in this very thread.

He we go again:

1) Connally recognizes the loud sound at "Z-124" as a rifle shot from behind him and "to his right."

2) Gasp . . . a rifle shot during a Presidential motorcade and the President is sitting two feet behind you?

3) Can you say ADRENELYNE?

4) After turning his head to his left for a split second to see if Nellie's okay (so now he's looking straight ahead in Z-161), Connally turns back to his right -- to his far right -- to see where the shot came from and to see if JFK's okay.

5) When he gets turned far enough to his right to theoretically catch a glimpse of JFK over his right shoulder, he can't "see" him because JFK's head is turned far to his right (so his face is in now "in profile" to Connally), and he's raised his forearm and started waving to someone off to the right. Therefore, JFK's forearm and hand are partially blocking Connally's peripheral view of JFK's "in-profile" face -- and guess what -- Connally doesn't "see" JFK, but he does see people waving back him and that's all he remembers after being hit by CE-399 a couple of seconds later.

6) Note: Since Connally turned to his right to see where the shot had come from, his attention was more focused on "the background" (e.g., the TSBD) than the "foreground" (i.e., JFK). To prove my point, notice how he and Rosemary Willis are looking in the same direction in Z-180:

https://assassinationresearch.com/zfilm/z180.jpg

-- Tom