23-09-2014, 02:58 AM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Looking at the zap film (just for the sake of this discussion), I'd say Connally begins to turn back towards center at frame 291. It appears to me that he begins to show discomfort at Z frame 297. Looks to me like (a) his upper body is twisted to the right for a measureable period of time before and after, and (b) he's sort of leaning backwards (like old men do) to ease the strain of the turn on the spine. The backward lean "might" clear the scapula out of the way.
The ribs generally slope downwards as you move forwards, so a bullet passing from back to front thru one rib without hitting any of the other ribs would need to be travelling downward as well.
How would leaning backwards clear the scapula out of the way of the 5th rib?
If he was leaned backwards, the rib would be closer to level, and not require such a steep trajectory for the bullet.
Connally might begin turning back to the front but he is turned to far to the right until after z313. If he had been shot in the mid-axillary line prior to that, the bullet would have gone straight through his rib into his chest.
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