Paden City officials held a sanitary sewer system improvement project agreement signing on January 6, at the City Building in Paden City. On hand for the signin
up very, very quickly and i got off one shot and it was all over. you know? just it was just one quick picture. i did get i realize it was going to happen because mrs. kennedy actually said to him, salute, john. and he didn t salute at first. and then she told him again to salute and he did. and he did it. i was looking through the lens, and i just knew that he was going to salute. can i ask you, mr. ferrell, the notion that you didn t get a pulitzer for this, i think will blow a lot of people s minds but you were nominated for the pulitzer. you were only beaten out by bob jackson because he had the image of the moment that jack ruby shot oswald. but does that even matter at this point that you didn t get a pulitzer for this?
no, it doesn t really matter. it would have been very nice for me and also for the daily news and for all of the people who were there covering the event, it would have been a great honor. but you know, that s the way it goes. that s life. he did have a remark go ahead. he had a remarkable picture of truby getting shot. but you know, the kennedy picture, the little boy saluting with his family, it s going to live forever. it will. without question, it will. it s wonderful to meet the man behind the lens i thank you for your terrific body of work, all 50 years of your work and this terrific picture as well. thank you, sir. nice to meet you. thank you, ashleigh. dan ferrell joining us live
and he had to see it through that lens. at that time he was with the new york daily news and that s the photograph, folks, on the cover of the daily news, front page news with the words we carry on and dan ferrell joins me live right now from his home on long island, new york. mr. ferrell, it s so great to be able to meet you, even this way. it s nice to know the person behind the iconic picture. i have one question for you, off the bat, did you know when you took that picture what you had taken? well, i realized it was going to be part of history and, you know, i didn t realize it would be as famous as it is today. but i m certainly glad i was able to do that. is that the camera, just off to your to your left on the table beside you? is that the camera you were actually using that day? no, it s not. it s it just happens to be an