American witness to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. She is best known for her photograph capturing the presidential limousine a fraction of a second after the fatal shot.
At about 12:30 pm on 22 November 1963, Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas. Moorman and her friend, Jean Hill, were standing on grass about 2 feet (61 cm) south of the south curb of Elm Street in Dealey Plaza. Moorman stated that she stepped off the grass onto the street to take her Polaroid photo.
Moorman’s photograph captured the fatal head shot which killed President Kennedy. When she took it – approximately one sixth of a second after President Kennedy was struck in the head at frame 313 – Moorman was standing behind and to the left of President Kennedy, about 15 feet (5 m) from the presidential limousine.
In 2013, Moorman attempted to sell the original polaroid through Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati. The photo was expected to sell for between $50,000 and $75,000, but did not meet its reserve. She had previously attempted to sell the item at Sotheby’s in New York, but the auction house deemed it “too sensitive to auction”. That same year, she expressed her opinion on the assassination; she was convinced that Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy.
Moorman stated she heard a shot as the limousine passed her, then heard another two shots, “pow pow,” when the president’s head exploded. She stated that she could not determine where the shots came from, and that she saw no one in the area that appeared to have possibly been the assassin. Moorman was interviewed by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI. She was called by the Warren Commission to testify, but due to a sprained ankle, she was unable to be questioned. She was never contacted by them again.
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