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So the bullet exits the neck at T1? Or should we say slightly below the ‘top’ of T1? It’s hard to see full extent of T1 or T2.

This is presented in the show by DrZimmerman. I believe he also presents this as about a 16 degree downward trajectory.

So he gave us the X and Y coordinates as he sees them.

This is an axial slice (‘cross section’) of a CT scan at the level of the seventh cervical vertebrae. I can show slices at virtually any spinal level from T2 to C5 and they all have one thing in common: there’s no way a bullet transited Kennedy’s body at any level or trajectory—horizontal or vertical—without striking bone. Some argue that perhaps bone was struck, namely the transverse process of T1 or C7. If so, that’s yet another bone or bones struck by CE399. Remember, when Humes testified he said no way did CE399 cause Connelly’s wrist wound. Finck said the same. So did Shaw. But I digress.

Why do I post this? Because I’ve been walking thru 3-D images of the relevant anatomy —MRI and CT scans. While a bullet transiting Kennedy’s neck/back without striking bone (given what we know of his wounds) seemed unlikely, I did not expect to find it ‘impossible’

But that is indeed what you’ll find when you add this additional constraint: the missile must pass Medial (‘inside’, between spine and carotid) to the common carotid.

Why add this constraint? Because Humes did (HSCA of 256). And because the carotid was not injured (Perry). If the carotid was nicked, it would have been obvious. It’s one if the first things Perry checked. JFK had a carotid pulse on presentation at Parkland. Hines would face noticed the blood during the autopsy. He opened that area quite well, even tho he didn’t remove the organs if the neck. Finck would face noted it too. They both go into detail about the injury in this area and the documentation of it. Humes remembers distinctly framing a picture of the thorax in this area. (It’s one of the photos that never turned up, much to his dismay)

So Humes says bullet had to have gone medial of carotid to exit midline. Carotid not injured. Could it have gone lateral to (outside) the carotid? Not and exit the midline unless it entered extremely laterally on the back.

If this is confusing, maybe the attached image will help.

I wish i could attach more than one image. Or a document. But this image should kind of be self explanatory. Look for the common carotid (labeled) and the spinal level (labeled)

You can scroll thru these slices in any dimension, at any spinal level. Here is just one example