President McCormack

12:30 PM (Central Time), November 22, 1963: Shots ring out in Dallas Texas.. The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is extremely lucky and hits President Kennedy in the head with the first shot. Due to the angle of the president at the time of the shooting and the trajectory of the shot, the bullet exits the front left side of the president's head, passes between Governor and Mrs. Connally (sitting in jump seats just ahead and slightly below the Kennedys), passes through the back of the driver's seat of the presidential limo, and enters the the lower back of the Secret Service agent behind the wheel. The agent lurches forward. Reacting without thinking, the agent takes his foot off of the car's accelerator. It rolls to a stop.

Behind the presidential limo, a chase car full of Secret Service agents slams on its breaks to avoid rear-ending the presidential car. The agents, seeing the president's fatal gunshot wound just seconds before, converge on the limo. Behind the chase car, the vice president's vehicle slams on its breaks as well. The Secret Service agent in the front passenger seat of Vice President Johnson's car is confused at first, and slower to react. Lee Harvey Oswald sees the confusion below, and takes advantage of the opportunity. He sets the crosshairs of his rifle on the back of the vice president's head and squeezes the trigger. The vice president's head explodes just as the president's had. Oswald swung the rifle slightly to the left just as the car began moving again. He quickly squeezed the trigger, not sure if his third shot would be as accurate as the first two. However, the third bullet finds its mark as well. It strikes US Senator Ralph Yarborough in the upper back, and punctures his heart before exiting through his chest. The motorcade, finally back on track, rushes to Parkland Memorial Hospital.

1:00 PM (Central Time), November 22, 1963: Doctors at Parkland Memorial Hospital announce that President Kennedy, Vice President Johnson, and Senator Yarborough have died.