Often
when I review TV shows they have to be really good for me to hold onto
the DVD afterwards, instead of selling it. So when I picked this DVD to
watch, I pretty much knew it would be a solid one to review, but was
going to hit my ‘To Sell’ pile pretty quickly. Because really, what new
information could this tell me?
“JFK’S Secret Service Agents Reveal the Inside Story of an American
Tragedy Secret Service Agent Clint Hill was just ten feet from President
John F. Kennedy, desperately trying to hurl his body in front of the
gunfire, when the president’s head exploded before his eyes. Covered
with blood and pieces of the president’s brain, Agent Hill pushed Jackie
Kennedy into the back seat and, clinging to the trunk of the open top
limousine as it sped away from Dealey Plaza to Parkland Hospital, all he
could do was slam his fist in anger, and give the thumbs down sign to
the agents in the follow-up car behind him. For nearly fifty years, the
close-knit group of men who protected JFK have refused to talk about
that tragic day. Until now.”
Despite my own feelings about the assassination of JFK, this
Discovery special, 'The Kennedy Detail', was a heartbreaking watch.
Seeing grown men of the secret service, nearly 50 years after the fact,
crying and sobbing as they recount their stories was hard to watch. The
show was both insightful and thought provoking, but really it just
reaffirms in me that we lost one of the great people of the world that
day. And yeah, I happily put this DVD into my collection.
A From Me!!!
A From Me!!!
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