The First Shot

[Tom Graves]

She turns her head to her right from z202 (same position as in z145) to z206. I can’t help you if you are having trouble seeing that.

Stop being coy.

What "point" are you trying to make?

[Andrew Mason]

Stop being coy.

What "point" are you trying to make?

The point is that between z202-z205 she turns her head so that her hood opening moves from facing to her right to facing behind her.  She makes no turn of head prior to that. By itself that may not signify much.  However, her sister gave evidence that the first shot occurred when JFK was between her and the Stemmons sign (z195-z205). Betzner said it was just after his z186 photo. Her father said it was just before his z202 photo. Other witnesses in the motorcade put the first shot at that time.  JFK appears to change after z193.

You are suggesting that she is looking behind her prior to z202 even though her hood is facing to her right.  Since we can’t see her face we can’t be sure where her eyes are looking. But if she is looking behind her to the TSBD at z145-z202 why would she then turn farther to her right rear at z202? She said she turned to look back at the TSBD upon hearing the first shot.

[Tom Graves]

The point is that between Z-202 and Z-205, Rosemary Willis turns her head so that her hood opening moves from facing to her right to facing behind her.

So?

She makes no turn of head prior to that.

She starts turning her head in the general direction of the TSBD in Z-140, about one second after Oswald's first, missing everything, shot at "Z-124."

You are suggesting that she is looking behind her prior to Z-202 even though her hood is facing to her right.

Your sentence makes no sense.

I'm suggesting that Rosemary Willis is looking not at the limo, but in the general direction of the TSBD from Z-145 to Z-214 -- as Charles Collins has pointed out in the new poll on the subject -- at which time, 3.8 seconds later, she finally snaps her head to her left and starts looking at the limo.

Since we can’t see her face we can’t be sure where her eyes are looking.

Correct, but we can see that she's not looking at the limo; we can see that she's looking in the general direction of the TSBD.

If she is looking behind her [at] the TSBD [in] Z-145 - Z-202, why would she then turn farther to her right rear at Z-202?

Perhaps I should have said, "She's looking in the general direction of the TSBD from Z-145 (at least) to Z-214."

Does that work for you?