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Old Thu Oct 12, 2006, 06:23pm
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Originally Posted by Theisey
I will say that GBLs observation that is was clearly at the shoulder pad level level makes me wonder what film clip he was looking at. I stand by my initial reaction to watching the play and a BBW because as I see it it, the contact was just below the waist.
Is this the initial contact? Not to get all Zapruder here, but if this is it, it looks to be at shoulder level:



Maybe the sequence can help:



This isn't meant to disparage the crew, which had to make the call at speed and in a split second while we dissect it long after the fact. But I think it's good to illustrate points in hopes they can help us all.
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