1963, president john f. kennedy had just been astas nated hours earlier and lyndon johnson was sworn in as president as a big rush. nobody knew if that assassination was part of a larger plot. nobody knew if the new president, johnson, might be in danger, too. that night at johnson s house, a secret service agent heard footsteps in the dark. quote, blaine picked up the thompson sub machine gun and activated the bolt on top. the next instant, there was a face to go with the footsteps. it is the new president of the united states lyndon baines johnson who had just rounded the country. a split second later, blaine would have pulled the trigger. 14 hours after losing one president, the nation came chillingly close to losing another one. if that that had happened, if lyndon johnson had been accidentally killed by that jumpy secret service agent at his house that night, then the 37th president of the united
johnson who had just rounded the country. a split second later, blaine would have pulled the trigger. 14 hours after losing one president, the nation came chillingly close to losing another one. if that that had happened, if lyndon johnson had been accidentally killed by that jumpy secret service agent at his house that night, then the 37th president of the united states would have been this man, speaker of the house, john mccormick. and not only was john mccormick one itchy trigger away from the presidency that night, he apparently did think he was president for just a moment on the day of j.f.k. s assassination. he was misinformed that both president kennedy and vice president johnson were dead. quote, the possibility that he was at that moment president prompted a severe attack of vertigo. mccormick almost collapsed in table cloth and silverware. obviously he was not president nor did he ever have to be,
a split second later, blaine would have pulled the trigger. 14 hours after losing one president, the nation came chillingly close to losing another one. if that that had happened, if lyndon johnson had been accidentally killed by that jumpy secret service agent at his house that night, then the 37th president of the united states would have been this man, speaker of the house, john mccormick. and not only was john mccormick one itchy trigger away from the presidency that night, he apparently did think he was president for just a moment on the day of j.f.k. s assassination. he was misinformed that both president kennedy and vice president johnson were dead. quote, the possibility that he was at that moment president prompted a severe attack of vertigo. mccormick almost collapsed in table cloth and silverware. obviously he was not president
few hours ago? reporter: you know, there really wasn t a concern for themselves. there was an immediate thought that here was a violent act about to be perpetrated. they had an opportunity, a split second to make a decision. we heard that from the british man, chris norman, who spoke just a couple of hours ago here as well, praising these three young americans for saying he too saw this opportunity that the gunman could be overpowered, if not, you just sit there and you could die. it was essentially a moment where all of them seemed to say to themselves, to each other, we re going to do i, we re going to take them down. and that s what they did. i think what we ve heard is the selflessness which they acted. they didn t think about themselves. they thought about taking this gunman down. now in country, and the united states, too, people really feel that they re heroes, poppy. just extraordinary. the white house just releasing a
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