Assassination of John F. Kennedy
The day President Kennedy was shot

I think it was midday and I was seated at my desk typing up a brief for the judge when one of our law clerks literally burst into the room. He had a newspaper under his arm, and he was ghostly pale. I asked what was wrong and he told me, "The President has been shot!"

I remember saying to him, "surely you jest." He said no and proffered the newspaper. There it was in black and white and I had to believe it. We poured over the paper looking for details as though we did not believe our eyes. My state of shock and tearfulness lasted a long time.

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