Mr. Specter. And what did you observe there?
Dr. Curtis. Oh—fragments of bone and a gross injury to the cranial contents, with copious amounts of hemorrhage.
Mr. Specter. Did you observe any other wound on the President?
Dr. Curtis. No; I didn't. As I said before, I noticed the mass in the pre-tracheal area.
Mr. Specter. And when you say "as you said before," you mean in our previous discussions prior to going on the record here?
Dr. Curtis. Yes.
Mr. Specter. And will you state now for the record what you did notice with respect to the tracheal area?
Dr. Curtis. The President's head was extended or hyperextended and I noticed that in the suprasternal notch there was a mass that looked like a hematoma to me, or a blood clot in the tissues.
Mr. Specter. How big was that hematoma?
Dr. Curtis. Oh, I think it was 5 cm. in size.