Mr. Adams. And you said that Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connally were sitting there more or less together?
Mr. O'Brien. No. They were sitting—obviously chairs had been placed outside the door in each instant—one door to the left as you walked through these swinging doors with the glass panels—one door to the left that was closed, one door to the right that was closed. And outside of the door—this was a fairly wide corridor that ran down perhaps through three rooms on each side, these first two rooms right and left, the President had been placed in the emergency room to the right and Governor Connally in the emergency room to the left. Both doors were closed at that moment.
Mr. Adams. Was there anyone with Mrs. Kennedy at the time?
Mr. O'Brien. Mr. Powers and Mr. O'Donnell were standing there.
Mr. Adams. Were you accompanied all the way up to this point by the two Congressmen you mentioned before?
Mr. O'Brien. The two Congressmen did not go through the doors with me. They left me at some point several feet from the doors, when it was determined that I was being taken to the right location.
Mr. Adams. Now, at that point, you knew that—from the Congressmen and from others, that the President had been shot?
Mr. O'Brien. That is correct.
Mr. Adams. Then did you go up to Mrs. Kennedy or Mrs. Connally, or what did you do then?
Mr. O'Brien. I immediately engaged Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. Powers in conversation.