Mr. O'Brien. I did not.
Mr. Adams. How long would you think it took you to go from the point where you heard the shots to the hospital?
Mr. O'Brien. I would say overall it could approach 15 minutes.
Mr. Adams. And what was your estimate of the rate of speed of your car?
Mr. O'Brien. I would say 60 to 70 miles an hour.
Mr. Adams. When you arrived at the hospital, what did you do?
Mr. O'Brien. When I arrived at the hospital, two of the Congressmen that had been in the motorcade, obviously, therefore, in a car ahead of my car, because they had arrived, came over to the car as we pulled up, and asked me to follow them immediately. There was a large crowd—I will correct that—there were many people in front of the entrance to the hospital, and the entrance was being guarded by police.
Congressman Thomas and Congressman Brooks went up to the officers at the door and said, "This is a Special Assistant to the President. Let him in." So he immediately opened the doors, and I went through, with the two Congressmen, who asked a hospital attendant inside the corridor the direction in which to go. There was a little confusion in the corridor as to direction, and we headed at first in the wrong direction, and were again rerouted. And in a matter, however, of a couple of minutes from the entrance of the hospital, I arrived behind these swinging doors with glass panels, and my first—I saw to my right sitting—yes—sitting in a chair, and to my left, in this corridor sitting in a similar chair—to my right Mrs. Kennedy, to my left Mrs. Connally.
Mr. Adams. You didn't go in through the emergency entrance, then? You went through——
Mr. O'Brien. Apparently not. I am not sure of the entrance. But I just don't know. I assume that was not the emergency entrance.