The president and Connally were rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital just 3.4 miles (5.5 km) away. The president was shot once in the neck and once in the head. At this moment, someone shot at the car.Ĭonnally was hit in the chest with one bullet, which broke ribs, punctured a lung, broke one wrist and ended its journey in one of Connally's leg. The X-100 had traveled only 7.7 miles (12 km) from the airport when it passed the Texas School Book Depository on Elm Street at 12:30 p.m. According to a map of the motorcade route from the Dallas Municipal Archives, the motorcade turned off Main Street at Dealey Plaza to Houston Street. He never made it that far.Īlong the route, crowds lined the streets to get a glimpse of the Kennedys. The destination was intended to be the Trade Mart, where the president was scheduled to speak. X-100 and the rest of the procession left the airport and traveled 10 miles (16 kilometers) through downtown Dallas.
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The Secret Service gave the car the code name of X-100. The Secret Service leased the car for $500 per year, according to the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. The car was a custom-made, reinforced parade limousine built in Wixom, Michigan, in January 1961 by the Ford Motor Company. Then, the presidential couple joined Connally and his wife, Nellie, in an open convertible. After getting off the plane, Kennedy and his wife shook hands with the crowd that awaited them. The trip took just 13 minutes, and Air Force One arrived at Love Field airport at 11:37 a.m. "We will continue to do … our duty, and the people of Texas will be in the lead." The assassinationĪfter breakfast, the presidential party flew to Dallas.
"We are still the keystone in the arch of freedom," he told those in attendance. 22, Kennedy spoke to the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce at breakfast. From Houston, Kennedy traveled north to Fort Worth, Texas.
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