Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination Houston Street and slowly approached the Texas School Book Depository head-on. According to witnesses, the shooting occurred shortly after the limousine made the sharp left-hand turn from Houston onto Elm Street. Most of the witnesses recalled that the first shot was fired after the president had started waving with his right hand. Several onlookers recalled hearing three shots, with the second and third shots bunched distinctly much closer together than the first and second shots. Witnesses estimate that from three to eight shots were fired. The Zapruder film shows the President re-emerging in the footage after being temporarily hidden from
Reflections on the Life, Assassination, and Legacy of John F. Kennedy of Americans' grief and groping for comprehension." Reflections on the Life, Assassination, and Legacy of John F. Kennedy November 22, 1963: Reflections on the Life, Assassination and Legacy of John F. Kennedy is a book of approximately 90 reflections on John F. Kennedy by journalists, White House staff members, family and close friends, civil rights leaders, celebrities, and individuals who had encounters with him. It was compiled by journalist and author Dean R. Owen and published in September 2013 by Skyhorse Publishing. Owen interviewed approximately 100 people for the book. He did not ask anyone questions on Kennedy’s sex life