JFK 50 - (22/11/63 - 22/11/13)

Last-12-Exit

How could JFK's head snap back if he was shot from behind?

Enkidu

I had never heard of this before. You just have to listen to the beginning - it's so sad and chilling.

"On November 22, 1963, conductor Erich Leinsdorf was leading the regular Friday afternoon BSO concert at Symphony Hall. Before the program began, it had been reported across the nation that president John F. Kennedy had been shot by a sniper while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. It was known, too, that his injuries were serious, but that was all the information that was available.

During the first half of the concert, what was feared became confirmed: Kennedy's wounds were fatal. Monitoring news reports backstage at Symphony Hall, orchestra officials determined to continue the concert, but with a change in the program. Librarians pulled orchestral parts to Beethoven's "Eroica" funeral march from the shelves and brought them down to the stage door. After learning of the tragedy himself backstage, Leinsdorf walked back onstage, relayed word to the audience, and led the BSO in a work in tribute to the nation's fallen leader."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVNKNz-lc6k

RoughMix

Last-12-Exit wrote:

How could JFK's head snap back if he was shot from behind?

They have refuted that.
What experts did was superimposed Zapruder frames 312 and 313.This showed the kennedy's head did actually move forward before slumping back into the seat.
Also,when the film was restored you can actually see the blood and brain spraying toward the front of the vehicle.
I thought for years there was more than one shooter.But after looking at everything I just can't
believe there was someone else shooting.
However it does make for great debate, and this incident galvanized the U.S.almost like non other.

mca47

I believe he acted alone. Perhaps influenced by some other group who held their own ideas on how the country should be run, but I'm certain he was the sole shooter.
The shot really isn't that hard for an above average marksman even with a bolt action rifle.

The Waiting Trophy Man

RoughMix wrote:

Last-12-Exit wrote:

How could JFK's head snap back if he was shot from behind?

They have refuted that.
What experts did was superimposed Zapruder frames 312 and 313.This showed the kennedy's head did actually move forward before slumping back into the seat.

Yeah, plus Kennedy was wearing a back brace under his suit jacket. This is the likely reason his body reacted the way it did. The brace fixed him in an upright position. The force of the shot made the brace act almost like a spring board, transferring the momentum in the opposite direction because his body was held in place.

He was already leaning to his left (towards Jackie) after the shot that went through his throat, and then the head shot pushed him right over. That's likely how he went back and to his left.