More than 60 years on from President John F. Kennedy's assassination, hearings are still being held to help conclude exactly how the killing went down.
As part of the Trump administration's ambition for 'transparency' regarding some of the most high-profile killings in US history, a doctor who was in the emergency room where JFK was rushed to after being shot while riding in a motorcade.
The 35th president was assassinated on November 22, 1963, while cruising through Dallas, Texas.
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Dr Don Curtis was just 26 years old when he was tasked with trying to save the Democrat.
Despite being in the same room as the dead president, the veteran doctor was never asked to testify as to what had happened by the Warren Commission, which was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1963 to JFK's assassination.
Now, almost 62 years later, Curtis was asked to share his insight with the House Oversight Committee, at a hearing last Tuesday (May 20).
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Curtis explained how JFK had already died prior to him entering the emergency room, before developing on the answer by stating how he had a 'wound to, of course, the big wound to his head, but he also had a wound to his throat'.
Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett asked: "That wouldn't have been a single bullet wound, though, right? They talk about this magical bullet that traveled, that would have been more than one bullet, you think?"
Before we get into that we'll need to divulge exactly what he means by a 'magical bullet'.
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According to the Warren Commission on JFK's assassination, the so-called 'magic bullet theory', as dubbed by conspiracy theorists, relates to a single bullet passing through JFK's throat and injuring governor John Connally.
Kennedy was also shot at another two times, in which one bullet proved to be the fatal blow to his head. But where the problem lies with the 'single bullet theory' is how it was used to conclude Oswald acted alone.
The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) argued years later that there was more than one gunman responsible, while many historians agree JFK's autopsy had 'serious problems'.
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Back to the doctor and his response. He said: "Magic bullet - was not - didn't strike the president at all."
He went on to detail how he had calculated the trajectory of the bullets and believes that there were as many as four that had been fired on the day.
Curtis theorized that there were multiple shooters, claiming that one bullet 'probably [came] from the railroad trestle, which is to the southwest, and came up and first struck President Kennedy before he got out from under the tree that prevented the the window shooter'.
With 61 years having passed, it seems to me that we're no closer to finding the truth, although Curtis' testament could help.
Topics: John F. Kennedy, Conspiracy Theories, Texas
Joe Yates