I was in the same room with JFK | Opinion
A Fort Worth resident recalls attending an event with the president hours before he was assassinated.
When we arrived, we all stood in the parking lot and waited to find out who would be able to go inside and who would have to wait outside. I recall seeing several security personnel atop surrounding rooftops and thinking how unnecessary that was based on the enthusiasm and love being shown by the crowd.
We didn’t get to approach him or get very close. Jackie Kennedy didn’t come out on the stage at first, and I remember thinking that the president was a little off until she finally joined him. I recall that she was fashionably dressed in her now-famous pink outfit and hat. However, you could sense that she didn’t feel good about being in Fort Worth or Texas for that matter.
I truly enjoyed the uplifting event and knew I had experienced something special, but nothing could have prepared me or my classmates for what would come next. After cleaning up from the event, we were traveling back across town via school bus when we heard over the radio that the president had been shot.
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