'A tragic thing': 59 years later, watch WFAA's breaking coverage of the JFK assassination

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'A tragic thing': 59 years later, watch WFAA's breaking coverage of the JFK assassination
WFAA was one of the first media outlets in the world to report on the tragedy that would forever change the course of our nation's history.

Author: Ryan Osborne
Published: 7:50 AM CST November 22, 2022
Updated: 7:50 AM CST November 22, 2022


DALLAS — Fifty-nine years ago Tuesday, WFAA photographer Bert Shipp was stationed at the Dallas Trade Mart, awaiting the arrival of President John F. Kennedy.

Shipp saw the president's motorcade. But it wasn't stopping at the Trade Mart.

"All of sudden, we saw them approaching. They didn't slow down," Shipp reported on air, after hurrying back to WFAA's newsroom on Nov. 22, 1963. "As a matter of fact, they were going 70-80 mph past us."

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