Kennedy Assassination: 7 Tales From the Hospital Where He Died

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3. A Troubling Tracheotomy

Then as now, it’s common for patients in serious conditions to have an endotracheal tube inserted for administering certain medicines or easier breathing. In Kennedy’s case, it was more than obvious that he needed that tube, given the fact that the first bullet had passed directly through his neck.

Coincidentally, a young medical student named Joe Goldstrich was also there, and he had been studying up on tracheotomies earlier that day. He remembers seeing Kennedy’s neck wound and thinking that the tube could be inserted right through it. But his senior doctors thought otherwise, so a cut was made over the neck wound.

Not only was this step unnecessary, but it also destroyed evidence. By changing the original shape of the neck wound, doctors made it impossible for autopsy technicians to determine whether it was an exit or entrance wound. And, obviously, whether the bullet’s origin was from the front or behind.

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89 comments on “Kennedy Assassination: 7 Tales From the Hospital Where He Died”

  1. Yeah great for cheating on jackie+having an affair with Marilyn Monroe! Lost key ally Turkey,in Middle East!

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  4. I think it was all a government plan. No way a man gets shot from behind and the wound is bigger on entrance than exit.

  5. Back in 1960 Kennedy was in broomal, pa. at lawrence park shopping center on his campain when my dad and I were stopped in trafic because of his motorcade. I was only 8 at the time when dad said get in back of the pickup’s bed so I could see him pass by. It was a 2 lane road, sproul rd. well he went by and I sheepishly peeped out of the pickup’s bed and saw Mr. Kennedy and his wife wearing those pill box hats! I will never forget that day . He did have flaming red hair unlike some photos. Dad’s truck was an old ’51 Dodge pickup with those big fenders and running boards. Neat times back then!

  6. I remember I was at my sister’s house and holding my baby while coming down the stairs. We were watching TV and saw it happen. We just sat there and cried. We were in shock as was the rest of the world. Every November 22 we would be together and pray. My other daughter (by marriage) was born that day and the joy we would have shared was completely overshadowed by this horrible event. My sister just passed away, but I still secretly go off by myself and pray. It will never be forgotten. Also seeing Walter Cronkite cry is something that remains in my mind.

  7. I was in High School in class ( History I think ) when the news came over the P A system and the entire school was let out. Everybody was like ” WTF ” , I had never seen the school that still. That’s something I’ll never forget.

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