Monday, October 04, 2004

JFK assassination

I was in the Dallas last year, and one of the things intrigued me was the 6th Floor Museum. It was where the shot was fried that killed JFK. It has such an eerie feeling to it, it still send chills down my spine whenever I think about it. The details of that day were shown on TV last night with extra footages and sound bites. It follows the minute-by-minute activities of those up-and-coming reporter such as Jim Lehrer, Bob Schieffer, Peter Jennings (I didn’t know he is a Canadian!), and even a young Dan Rather was there, too. Quite an incredible line-up, wasn’t it? The name of this program is “JFK: Breaking the News”. It has the shot where we can see the bullet actually hit JFK’s head and blooding was sprayed all over the place; very gruesome scene. Amazingly, it also has the footage where Jack Ruby shot Lee Oswald (the suspected killer) from point-blank range; it is claimed the first ever shooting broadcasted live to TV audience. Suddenly, all the memories from Dallas last year have come back to me… now I even remember the place where we had a nice outdoor dinner with aunt Yun! Brain sure has its tricks… only side effect: I couldn’t sleep for an hour or two trying to remember what dish we had that night. Damn it!

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