Mrs. Kennedy. Well, I remember whenever it was, Mrs. Connally said, "We will soon be there." We could see a tunnel in front of us. Everything was really slow then. And I remember thinking it would be so cool under that tunnel.
Mr. Rankin. And then do you remember as you turned off of Houston onto Elm right by the Depository Building?
Mrs. Kennedy. Well, I don't know the names of the streets, but I suppose right by the Depository is what you are talking about?
Mr. Rankin. Yes; that is the street that sort of curves as you go down under the underpass.
Mrs. Kennedy. Yes; well, that is when she said to President Kennedy, "You certainly can't say that the people of Dallas haven't given you a nice welcome."
Mr. Rankin. What did he say?
Mrs. Kennedy. I think he said—I don't know if I remember it or I have read it, "No, you certainly can't," or something. And you know then the car was very slow and there weren't very many people around.
And then—do you want me to tell you what happened?
Mr. Rankin. Yes; if you would, please.
Mrs. Kennedy. You know, there is always noise in a motorcade and there are always motorcycles besides us, a lot of them backfiring. So I was looking to the left. I guess there was a noise, but it didn't seem like any different noise really because there is so much noise, motorcycles and things. But then suddenly Governor Connally was yelling, "Oh, no, no, no."