02-02-2014, 06:10 AM
Hi Richard
I found this photo on a Google search. I was impressed with it. too, and saved a copy for future use.
You're right, the man in the hard hat doesn't seem the least bit impressed by the fact the President is passing by, does he.
The other thing that bothers me about this photo is that, if it coincides with frame z255 of the Zapruder film and, as WC apologists maintain, the first shot occurred at z190, AND Zapruder's camera was running at 18.3 frames/second, the first shot would have occurred just over 3.5 seconds before this photo was taken. Oswald would have been almost directly above the bystanders. Plus, they would have been ahead of the muzzle of the rifle and, as any shooter will tell you, the sound is much louder in that position. Do they look as if they just heard a rifle being fired only 20 yards away from them? Not to me. I have heard many rifles fired in my time, and have seen reactions from people near a rifle being shot who did not anticipate that shot. The reaction is invariably instantaneous and obvious.
Perhaps James Altgens was telling the truth when he testified he snapped this photo almost at the moment of the first shot?
I found this photo on a Google search. I was impressed with it. too, and saved a copy for future use.
You're right, the man in the hard hat doesn't seem the least bit impressed by the fact the President is passing by, does he.
The other thing that bothers me about this photo is that, if it coincides with frame z255 of the Zapruder film and, as WC apologists maintain, the first shot occurred at z190, AND Zapruder's camera was running at 18.3 frames/second, the first shot would have occurred just over 3.5 seconds before this photo was taken. Oswald would have been almost directly above the bystanders. Plus, they would have been ahead of the muzzle of the rifle and, as any shooter will tell you, the sound is much louder in that position. Do they look as if they just heard a rifle being fired only 20 yards away from them? Not to me. I have heard many rifles fired in my time, and have seen reactions from people near a rifle being shot who did not anticipate that shot. The reaction is invariably instantaneous and obvious.
Perhaps James Altgens was telling the truth when he testified he snapped this photo almost at the moment of the first shot?
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