1600 MPLT CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2008 >>> GARY DELAUNE WAS ON

BEING ESCORTED TO AN ARMORED TRUCK, WHICH WAS ABOUT 100 FEET FROM THE CITY. SUDDENLY A SHOT RANG OUT FROM RIGHT ABOVE OUR HEADS, AND ABOUT THIS TIME,...

WHO SHOT -- YOU KNOW LEE HARVEY OSWALD OSWALD, EVERYBODY DOES OVER THERE. I DON'T THINK HIS NAME HAS BEEN RELEASED BUT HE IS A WELL-KNOWN DALLASITE...

SHOT? >> JUST ONE

STARTED FALLING TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND IN A MAD SCRAMBLE, IT WAS PANDEMONIUM AND CONFUSION. >> HERE HE COMES, LEE

AS OSWALD WAS SHOT. YOU HAD IT ON YOUR TAPE RECORDER AND YOU RAN BACK TO THE STATION SO THAT'S WHY YOU WERE OUT OF BREATH. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT...

THAT THING WAS BULKY RECORDER, NOT A TINY LITTLE TAPE RECORDER. >> LET ME SAY THIS,

LIVE. >> WOW. >> SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED,

ROUTINE, YEAH. >> WELL, I

AT ALL. ALL RIGHT, BUT BOB, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR PICTURES, AND WE SEE YOU IN THESE CLIPS THAT YOU'RE THE ONE DOWN LOW GETTING UP, AS THEY CALLED THE...

WHICH THEY TOLD TO YOU SIT DOWN. TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE, HOW LONG DID IT, BEFORE -- HOW DID YOU COME TO WORK THAT DAY, BUT HOW LONG BEFORE YOU REALIZED...

SOMENT THINGS NEVER CHANGE. >>

IN THIS BUSINESS. >> THAT'S

ASK YOU TO HOLD UP YOUR CARDS QUIETLY, PASS THEM DOWN, YOU WANT THEM DOWN THIS WAY AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ASKING QUESTIONS BUT THIS WAY WE'VE ALREADY...

FRED. >> BUT THINK ABOUT

OF THE PROGRAM, "OSWALD HAS BEEN SHOT." SO WE CONTINUE NOW, THIS IS AS WE'VE MENTIONED YOU ALL ARE KIND OF REMINISCING AMONGST YOURSELVES TODAY AND...

WALKED OFF WITH THE CHICKEN DINNER. >> IF YOU HAVEN'T READ

HE WAS 27 AT THE TIME, AND J.R. WAS 43. I WAS 18 AT THE TIME. >>

GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND SCENARIO, AND STILL HAVING RESEARCH ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I FORGET NAMES BUT I LIFT IN A BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT ON LIVE OAK...

AND SHE COULD GIVE YOU A LOT OF CHANGE. BUT JACK GAVE ME A, HE GAVE ME A CARD WITH HIS NAME ON IT. HE SAID "COME DOWN ANY TIME, COME DOWN." >> TO THE

I WENT, I NEVER DID GO, BUT HE WAS A HANGER-ON AND HE WAS A WANNABE AS SHE SAYS, AND HE WOULD, A GROUPIE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE GOLF GROUPIES AND ALL...

DEPARTMENT. GARY HADN'T HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK OR EAT. FERRIS TOLD ME -- I WROTE AN ARTICLE YEARS AGO CALLED "WHAT KIND OF SANDWICH WAS IT THAT JACK...

TELL YOU ABOUT THEM SANDWICHES. [ LAUGHTER ] >>

US AND SOMEBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING A GOOD DEAL AND REFUSED THEM. THAT'S HOW HE GOT THE SANDWICH. I DIDN'T GET ONE. >> NO SANDWICH FOR

ONE. >> WAS JACK RUBY A

BE, SOMETHING I MIGHT INJECT HERE THAT MIGHT BE OF LITTLE INTEREST. I TRANSFERRED JACK RUBY THE NEXT DAY BUT I DIDN'T HANDCUFF MYSELF TO HIM. [ LAUGHTER...

SIDE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW JACK WAS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A SLEAZY GUY, AND HE'D BEEN RUN OUT OF CHICAGO, SO THE STORY WAS, BECAUSE HE WAS IN...

ANYWAY HE WAS LEADING PROFUSELY SO SHE HAD TO CUT THE CLOTHES OFF OF HIM AND HAD NO HELP BECAUSE IT WAS LOADED THAT NIGHT SO SHE SAWED RUBY GET IN HERE....

CHANGE MY LIFE SO MUCH. IT DID MAKE IT EASIER TO GET A JOB IF I WANTED TO, LIKE I DID LEAVE "THE TIMES HERALD" AND I WENT TO "THE DENVER POST" AND I ...

ASSIGNMENT WAS TO SHOOT THE PRISONER TRANSFER AND THEN GO OUT TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL AND PHOTOGRAPH THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT GOVERNOR CONNOLLY'S WIFE...

HAVE GOTTEN THE SHOT AND I WOULDN'T HAVE MADE LEAVELLE SO FAMOUS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHILE WE'RE ON

ONE? >> HOW DO YOU FEEL

HAVE MIXED FEELINGS THERE. >> OKAY, TELL

SAFE DEPOSIT BOX IN COLORADO SPRINGS. >>

HAVE MIXED FEELINGS. >>

KNOW. I THINK THIS MANY YEARS LATER, IT'S NOT SO BAD. >> BUT AT THE

RUNS THROUGH YOU SOON AFTERWARDS, SOMEBODY WANTED TO PUT THE IMAGE ON T-SHIRTS, I SAID NO WAY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS WITHIN A FEW SHORT YEARS AFTER...

WE WERE CONCERNED. THE FIRST DAY THAT I HAD SPENT AT, I HAD BEEN AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL ON THE FRIDAY UNTIL THE HEARSE LEFT BUT MY ASSIGNMENT FROM THAT...

YES. STAY ARE THE I STARTED TO MENTION AS A MATTER OF FACT THE SATURDAY BEFORE OSWALD WAS SHOT, NELSON BENTON AND I, HE WAS OUR CB -- HE WAS THE CBS...

THINK THAT IT ENHANCED THE WHOLE LIVE COVERAGE. I THINK PEOPLE -- >> SAW THE VALUE IN IT

YEAH. AND YES, I REALLY DO. I THINK THAT IT WAS SUCH A SHOCK, AND IT WAS SUCH A REVELATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MUCH MORE LIVE COVERAGE. >> AND TELEVISION...

CAN'T COUNT HOW MANY HOURS OR WEEKS OR MONTHS THAT I SPENT TRYING TO MAKE A CONNECTION ON THAT, AND I WAS NEVER ABLE TO MAKE ANY CONNECTION WHATSOEVER,...

SO. OF COURSE NOW, THEY WOULD MOVE HIM IN SECRET. I MEAN, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS,...

CAPTAIN FRITZ TOLD ME ONE TIME, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT AND HE SAID, "ANY TIME THAT A PERSON IS INTENT ENOUGH TO KILL SOMEBODY, YOU CAN'T STOP...

SURE. YOU BET. AND I MEAN, I THINK PARTICULARLY IN THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WE'RE NOW LIVING IN WHERE PEOPLE KILL EACH OTHER IN RANDOM WAYS AND INSTEAD...

MIND. I'M AFRAID THAT YOU CAN'T SET UP AN ABSOLUTE SECURITY PERIMETER AROUND EVERYTHING, BUT CERTAINLY SINCE THOSE DAYS, THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL...

YES. >> YOU CAN'T EVEN GO UP INTO

ANSWER THAT? >> YOU SAID YES BUT

HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT WHAT THEY WON'T DO IS PULL A STUNT THAT WE DID, BECAUSE EVERYBODY LEARNED FROM THAT. THEY WON'T HAVE A PUBLIC DISPLAY, BUT YES,...

KNOW, BUT I LIKE -- >> HE WAS PRESSURED, HE

OH, YES. OF COURSE, MY FRIEND DOWN THERE ON THE END HE TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES HE SAID, "LOOK, I'VE MADE A HERO OUT OF YOU WITH ALL PA PUBLICITY." I SAID,...

TAN. >>

WITH THE SUIT. >> ALSO

FIRST STEPPED OUT, THE CAMERA EYES COME ON MOMENTARILY BLINDED ME BUT I WAS LOOKING DOWN AND HE HAD THAT GUN IN HIS HAND AND HOLDING IT BY HIS SIDE...

IN THE WAY THE AMBULANCE HAD BEEN ON A CALL AND HEADED BACK TO THEIR OFFICE AND THEY PICKED UP A CALL ON THEIR RADIO AND THEY WERE ONLY A FEW BLOCKS...

IT WASN'T MORE THAN 10 TO 12 MINUTES AT THE MOST FROM THE TIME HE WAS SHOT UNTIL WE LOADED HIM ON THE AMBULANCE. >> TOOK

RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU RAN ALMOST A MILE. >> WE COULD TELL THAT,

THIS, BOB JACKSON EARLIER, HOW DID THIS EVENT CHANGE YOUR LIFE, GARY? YOU'VE HEARD BOB TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. >> MADE HIM

YOU LIVE THAT DOWN, BOB JACKSON. >> I THINK I GOT A RAISE

CHANGE YOUR LIFE? >> WELL, PROBABLY SAVED MY

THE COVERAGE THERE. >> OH,

GO LIVE. >> OH, YES, THERE

HAD BEEN DIRECTING FOR CBS, TOO. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT WAS A GOOD

YEAH. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. IT

AS IT WAS. IT WAS VARIED. I ENDED UP, THIS IS SASS NATION FINALLY DROVE ME TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE IN LIFE, SO I DECIDED I'D BECOME...

BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE TO MY STUDENTS IF I EVER LET THEM KNOW SO I WAS TEACHING ENGLISH, AND I FELT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE...

CALLED DOCTOR PROBABLY SHOULD BE CALLED SOMETHING ELSE. >> JIM LEAVELLE,

I TRIED NOT TO LET ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN MY POLICE WORK INTERFERE WITH MY PERSONAL LIFE AND I, THE INCIDENT WAS NEVER MENTIONED AROUND THE HOUSE...

THAT MUCH. [ LAUGHTER ] >> OH,

SAY SOMETHING? >>

WIFE, PLEASE DON'T MENTION PENNY DOLLAR. >>

11/22? >> THE

THE RIFLE ON THE EDGE WITH AN EMPTY CAMERA ON HAND THAT I JUST UNLOADED. THAT'S THE MOST VIVID MEMORY. >> YOU WERE WORKING THE

BACK OF THE CONVERTIBLE IN THE MOTORCADE IN THE EIGHTH CAR AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN TOLD UNLOAD YOUR CAMERA AND PUT YOUR FILM IN AN ENVELOPE AND JIM FEATHERSTON...

MOST VIVID MEMORY OF THAT DAY. >>

DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN ANYTHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE, AND AS I SAID, I WAS AN EXPERIENCED NEWSMAN AND WHEN THAT PHONE RANG THAT...

HOUSTON. I IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED UP. PARDON ME. AND I CONFIRMED IT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WENT ON THE AIR AND FERRIS TOLD ME THE FBI WAS LISTENING...

OFF TO THE LAWYER'S OFFICE AND LISTENING ON THE RADIO, AND I HEARD THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE, CALLED THE OFFICE, I'M HERE,...

SOCKS. >> CALIFORNIA BOY

WAS BROADCASTING THE MOTORCADE LIVE FROM MAIN AND ACKARD. MY TWO COLLEAGUES, WES WEISS AND FRANK GLEIBER HAD BEEN BROADCASTING THE MOTORCADE FROM...

THE POLICE OFFICERS HAD CORDONNED THAT PLACE OFF. I HAD A PRESS PASS THIS BIG ON THE WINDSHIELD AND HOPING THEY WOULD NOT SHOOT ME I JUMPED THE CAR OVER...

BEEN RIBBING MY FRIEND OVER THERE. HE'S A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER, AND HE HAS OTHER PICTURES BESIDES THIS THAT YOU OUGHT TO SEE SOMETIME, AND THEY DID HAVE...

IT. ALL OF THE OFFICERS WERE GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS THAT DAY AND WE HAD TWO OF THEM RIDING IN THE MOTORCADE, BUT MY PARTNER WAS ON VACATION SO CAPTAIN FRITZ...

THEM. THE CENTER FIRE. >>

PIN? >> THE FIRING PIN MARK

YOU ALSO HAD TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF DALLAS POLICE OFFICER? >>

OWN. >> HIS MURDER WAS A SIGN TO

WOW. WOW. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I KNOW WE COULD BE HERE ALL DAY BECAUSE THESE MEN ARE WALKING HISTORY BOOKS. WE WANT TO THANK OUR PANEL MEMBERS AGAIN....

BOB JACKSON. YOU'RE IN DENTON. THAT'S RIGHT. PARDON ME. >> I PRONOUNCE IT

FATHER. >>