Kennedy Assassination: 7 Tales From the Hospital Where He Died

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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

4. “What Are You Doing?”

Anyone who looked at Kennedy’s state knew he was either unsavable or already gone. Given his motionless body and massive head wound, it didn’t take a doctor or a nurse to understand that JFK was no longer with us. Still, this was the President of the United States, not to mention that his wife was right there at his side.

So the medical staff at Parkland was going to treat Kennedy as if there were chances to bring him back to life. While Dr. Charles Baxter was performing closed-chest compression (he was trying to restore some semblance of a regular heartbeat), neurosurgeon William Kemp Clark suddenly entered the trauma room.

According to Joe Goldstrich, Clark saw what Baxter was doing and reacted quickly, “My God, Charlie, what are you doing? His brains are all over the floor.” It was obvious that Clark hadn’t seen Kennedy’s wife before he blurted out those words.

“I was standing between them when he did see her”, Goldstrich recalls. “I saw her face when she heard what Dr. Clark had said. That’s another memory that will stay with me forever”.

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

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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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