mardigras |
11-22-2004 01:47 AM |
They said the game is to prove that a single bullet struck Kennedy at about 1700 feet per second (518 m/s) in the back.
The bullet's passage damaged his sixth cervical vertebrae (C-6).
The bullet exited his throat.
The bullet, slowed to about 1500 feet per second (457 m/s), struck Connally?s right shoulder. The 1.25 inch (32 mm) long entrance wound indicates the bullet was tumbling end over end.
The bullet shattered Connally's fifth right rib
The bullet exited Connally's chest below the right nipple, causing a 2 inch (51 mm) exit wound, which indicates the bullet was still tumbling.
Now slowed to 900 feet per second (274 m/s), the bullet entered and exited Connally?s right wrist, fracturing his radius. Now slowed to 400 feet per second (122 m/s), the bullet struck Connally?s left thigh, penetrating the skin and coming to a rest.
At Parkland Memorial Hospital, the bullet fell out of Connally's wound, where it was found on his stretcher (in pristine condition).
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