06-01-2016, 12:58 AM
Drew Phipps Wrote:I note that Humes reports Perry saying the bloody air was coming from the tracheotomy site. Could the tear in the trachea, observed by Perry, (presumably caused by a bullet or fragment thereof) cause blood to seep into the trachea and result in bloody air bubbles later?
No, Perry specifically referred to air bubbles in the mediastinum, which includes the trachea. If JFK was not breathing for himself, and assisted ventilation was suspended while the tracheostomy was performed, what could be making the bubbles? Perry understood this quite well, and this is why his observation of air bubbles prompted him to call for the insertion of chest tubes into the pleural cavities, in order to vent trapped pressure within them.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964