06-09-2014, 03:49 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Seems very unlikely to me that a separate bullet that transited merely the wrist would impart more of a momentum change in Conally's torso than even a whole bullet thru the chest could have possibly imparted. What you are trying to suggest sounds like handball players who are knocked backwards while playing because of the contact between the hand and the ball.
Drew
Although Connally did state that the shot that hit him in the back knocked him over, I agree that this shot was incapable of doing this, as the bullet did not go through his chest cavity but around it. The rib that was broken did not even suffer a direct blow but, rather, a glancing blow, although it was great enough to shatter it.
What did knock Connally over, I believe, is the same thing that knocked Nellie over and drove Greer and Kellerman forward into the dashboard following the head shot at z313. Greer slammed on the brake pedal and locked up the brakes. Without seat belts and shoulder harnesses, there was nothing to hold these people in place. By sheer coincidence, Cinnally was struck in the back at the same time and felt he was knocked over by the bullet. The fairy tale of Greer and Kellerman "ducking" at the sound of the shots is just that, an LN fairy tale. A close look at the Zapruder and Nix films shows Kellerman's head moving violently forward and, within as little time, moving violently back. What kind of a "duck" is that? When I duck, I stay down until I figure it is safe to come up again.
The real mystery is, why were JFK and Jackie not thrown forward at the same time?
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

