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Re: The New and Improved Joey? thread
Reply #7644 - Jul 16th, 2012 at 11:31am
" He could not see anything other than Lady Bird's shoes and legs in front of his face -- she and Yarborough were ducking forward as far as they could . Above him , as he lay there , he heard Youngblood yelling to Herschel Jacks to " CLOSE IT UP !!!!! " .... " CLOSE IT UP !!!! " -- the Secret Service agent still wasn't sure what had happened , but he knew he would have the most protection if he stayed close to the car ahead of him that was packed with men and guns ; and , lying on the floor with Youngblood on top of him , Lyndon Johnson felt the car beneath him leap forward as Jacks floored the gas pedal , and he felt the car speeding -- " terrifically fast , " Lady Bird was to say , " faster and faster " ; " I remember the way that car ... zoomed , " Johnson was to say -- and then the brakes were slammed on , and the tires screamed almost in his ear as the car took a right turn much too fast , squealing up the ramp to an expressway , and hurtled forward again . " Stay with them -- keep close ! " Youngblood was shouting above him . The shortwave radio was still strapped to Youngblood's shoulder , so that it was almost in Johnson's ear . The radio had been set to the Secret Service's Baker frequency , which kept Youngblood in touch with the vice - presidential follow - up car , but now Johnson heard the agent's voice above him say , " I am switching to Charlie " -- the frequency that would connect him with the Queen Mary ahead of him . For a moment there was , from the radio , only crackling , and then Johnson heard someone saying , " HE'S HIT !!!!! .... HURRY , HE'S HIT !!!!! " and then " Lets Get Out of Here !!!!! " -- and then in his ear a lot of almost unintelligible shouting , out of which one word emerged clearly : " Hospital . "  !!! 
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