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JFK Assassination Discussion & Debate / Re: The First Shot
« Last post by Tom Graves on Yesterday at 06:14:51 PM »Bennett is looking [to his right] in Z-145, but he is not leaning [to his right] any discernible amount.
Bennett is starting to lean to his right in Z-145.
He's leaning out more in Z-150.
https://assassinationresearch.com/zfilm/z150.jpg
(Note that Rosemary Willis has completely turned around to look in the direction of the TSBD.)
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If either Hickey or Bennett leans out, it is to look forward.
You're wrong about Hickey but right about Bennett.
Having heard the first shot,
1) George Hickey leans over the side of the car and looks down at the pavement, not "forward" at the limo or the approaching triple underpass, etc.
2) Glen Bennett leans to his right to view JFK around Dave Powers. While looking at JFK, he sees the second shot hit him in the back (lower neck, actually).
Regarding Hickey:
ME: Why did Hickey lean over and look down at the pavement before the second shot rang out?
Google AI: George Hickey leaned forward and looked toward the pavement because he believed a firecracker had exploded on the street right next to the car.
In his official Secret Service Report from November 30, 1963, Hickey explicitly detailed his physical reaction to that first loud noise:
"The noise seemed to me to come from a firecracker, and I thought to myself that the kids were playing with firecrackers again... It appeared to come from the right and rear and seemed to me to be at ground level. I heard a report that sounded like a firecracker... I immediately stood up and looked and argued with myself that it was a firecracker."
