The Flight from Dallas

Inside Air Force One moments after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963:

2:02 P.M.

“Judge Hughes has been found. She is on her way.

“In the passenger cabin, Stoughton, the White House photographer, approaches Liz Carpenter and Marie Fehmer. He is sweating and ashen. ‘You must go in and tell the president,’ he says, still trying to catch his breath, ‘that this is a history-making moment, and while it seems tasteless, I am here to make a picture if he cares to have it. And I think we should have it.'”

Source: Esquire
Published: Sep 17, 2013
Length: 31 minutes (7,829 words)
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