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#1,926
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Well, that sure takes the fun out of this fun game....But, would you believe I was just testing you guys computer skills...Looks like you all passed...Carry on....My work is done here.
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I never had the pleasure of knowing this fine young man...So young...So talented....So missed by so many....Keep dancing Jason...If there is a dance floor in heaven, he's probably teaching the angels how to dance.
 
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Guys, seriously now.....Have any of you ever seen a woman use this type of exercise/stretching machine? I never thought something like this was on the market; not sure what market though.
 
#1,944
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I know most of you have seen "Streets of Fire." This is the band and singer that did the actual music....Diane Lane lipsinged to their music....And she did a hell of a good job too.
 
#1,945
#1,945

This is one of my heroes since childhood.. I was in 3rd grade on Nov 22 1963, trying to stop a nosebleed I got on the playground when we were told what happened and school abruptly dismissed. I remember every detail of that 4 days like it was yesterday. Knew even at that age things would never be the same.

Every other agent on the backup car turned their head to the sound of the gunfire behind them. Clint Hill bolted for the limo. The car sped up to get to the hospital just as Hill reached the back foothold and Jackie got on the trunk. He said he knew he had one chance, if he missed both he and his beloved Mrs Kennedy would have fallen to the street and been run over by the back up car. The horror of that is unthinkable.

Hill pushed Jackie back into the seat and rode that trunk spreadeagle to Parkland where he gently convinced Jackie, who was cradling what she knew was her dead husband, to let them get him out of the car. He realized she was horrified for his head wound to be seen and he took off his jacket and draped it over JFKs head. He and other agents then lifted JFK onto the stretcher.

Hill remained by her side that whole 4 agonizing days and then for another yr after, Jackie never wanted to go back to the White house, but did so a few months later to witness the ceremony where Hill was awarded Secret Service highest medal.

He struggled w the guilt for the next 50 yrs.

Check out Clint Hills Five Days in November and also Mrs Kennedy and Me which is about his full time w her. He witnessed and was part of incredible history.

Also, I recently visited the Sixth Floor Museum and Dealy Plaza. Seeing that snipers nest and open window is quite a chilling experience for us old guys who remember .
 
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#1,946
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It appears the man had a heavy heart to the end of his days....A fine and honorable man that mentally relived that nightmare too many times....

I've seen that film clip many times, but never knew the name of the agent that was trying to get into the limousine and help in anyway he could....

Thanks for bringing this man's story to the forum....He stood tall, very tall indeed.
 
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GameTime said:
It appears the man had a heavy heart to the end of his days....
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Fortunately it wasn't to the end of his days. Suffered for 50 yrs tho, undiganosed PTSD, drank too much, got divorced, said he actually walked into the ocean at one point. Never got help or told his story at all until he met an author who wanted to write a book and turned his life around. They married, wrote several books together and lived happily ever after.

Once he started talking he practically never stopped lol. There are hundreds of intervirws and oral histories on you tube. Hill said he only got over the guilt when he finally visited Dallas again, went to the Sixth Floor Museum and looked out that window. Said he realized neither he nor anyone else could have saved Kennedy. Without the bubble top, he was a sitting duck. The Clint Eastwood movie, In the Line of Fire is based on his story.

 
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glv98 said:
Fortunately it wasn't to the end of his days. Suffered for 50 yrs tho, undiganosed PTSD, drank too much, got divorced, said he actually walked into the ocean at one point. Never got help or told his story at all until he met an author who wanted to write a book and turned his life around. They married, wrote several books together and lived happily ever after.

Once he started talking he practically never stopped lol. There are hundreds of intervirws and oral histories on you tube. Hill said he only got over the guilt when he finally visited Dallas again, went to the Sixth Floor Museum and looked out that window. Said he realized neither he nor anyone else could have saved Kennedy. Without the bubble top, he was a sitting duck. The Clint Eastwood movie, In the Line of Fire is based on his story.

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What's scary...I remember it like it was just last month.
 
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