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Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys’ Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93

24 février 2025 à 20:34
A Secret Service agent, he leaped onto the president’s limousine in Dallas in 1963 and was credited with saving the first lady’s life. But he was haunted by his inability to save her husband.

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The Secret Service agent Clint Hill clambered onto the trunk of President John F. Kennedy’s limousine in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, moments after shots were fired. As the first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, tried to climb out of her seat, he pushed her back, preventing her from falling to the ground. He was credited with saving her life.
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