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Dealey Plaza 40 Years Later
Aired November 22, 2003 - 18:27 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: It was exactly 40 years ago that President Kennedy was shot and killed as hit motorcade made its way through Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Our national correspondent Kelly Wallace is covering today's tributes at that infamous landmark.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I once was lost, but now I ...
KELLY WALLACE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Forty years later and the pain has not gone away.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We will never forget what happened. I was a very little girl but I remember every detail.
WALLACE: A sentiment shared by the thousands who crowded Dealey Plaza in Dallas at 12:30 p.m. Central time, the exact time four decades ago when shots rang out here bringing President Kennedy's life to an end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When I heard the news, my neighbor came running in to tell me and I went into labor. And this is the result 40 years ago.
WALLACE: There was no official ceremony. However, there were demonstrations, let by those who don't believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone firing the fatal shot from the window up above.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What was killed on November 22, 1963 was not just the president or an individual, truth was killed and hope was killed.
WALLACE: Some traveled from around the world to remember. Others brought along their kids to share a turning point in history. And in the crowed at least one politician, the former governor of Minnesota.
JESSE VENTURA, FMR. GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA: My government gave me a scenario that says a lone nut killed the president, and a lone nut killed the lone nut. And they ask me to believe that.
WALLACE (on camera): And you cant' believe that?
VENTURA: No, I can't.
WALLACE (voice-over): Those accepting the lone gunman theory were hard to find.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right now, there is no definitive proof that there was someone else or that there was a conspiracy theory. So I would say single shooter.
WALLACE (on camera): No matter what people believe they all seem to agree on this, coming to this place stirs up strong emotions, reflecting on questions such as what might have been. And on a day most believe the country's innocence came to an end.
Kelly Wallace, CNN, Dallas.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired November 22, 2003 - 18:27 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: It was exactly 40 years ago that President Kennedy was shot and killed as hit motorcade made its way through Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Our national correspondent Kelly Wallace is covering today's tributes at that infamous landmark.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I once was lost, but now I ...
KELLY WALLACE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Forty years later and the pain has not gone away.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We will never forget what happened. I was a very little girl but I remember every detail.
WALLACE: A sentiment shared by the thousands who crowded Dealey Plaza in Dallas at 12:30 p.m. Central time, the exact time four decades ago when shots rang out here bringing President Kennedy's life to an end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When I heard the news, my neighbor came running in to tell me and I went into labor. And this is the result 40 years ago.
WALLACE: There was no official ceremony. However, there were demonstrations, let by those who don't believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone firing the fatal shot from the window up above.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What was killed on November 22, 1963 was not just the president or an individual, truth was killed and hope was killed.
WALLACE: Some traveled from around the world to remember. Others brought along their kids to share a turning point in history. And in the crowed at least one politician, the former governor of Minnesota.
JESSE VENTURA, FMR. GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA: My government gave me a scenario that says a lone nut killed the president, and a lone nut killed the lone nut. And they ask me to believe that.
WALLACE (on camera): And you cant' believe that?
VENTURA: No, I can't.
WALLACE (voice-over): Those accepting the lone gunman theory were hard to find.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right now, there is no definitive proof that there was someone else or that there was a conspiracy theory. So I would say single shooter.
WALLACE (on camera): No matter what people believe they all seem to agree on this, coming to this place stirs up strong emotions, reflecting on questions such as what might have been. And on a day most believe the country's innocence came to an end.
Kelly Wallace, CNN, Dallas.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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