ann: very dramatic for a young reporter, something that stayed with you all these years. >> without question. and the reason i was there which was, again, to support our white house coverage, bob clarkouse correspondent, and he was in the pool press car which was, i believe, two cars behind the presidential limousine. and when they heard the shots, he and merriman smith who was the upi reporter in the car sort of had a wrestling match to try to get to the one portable phone in the car. upi won out. and when they got to parkland hospital, the press got out, the pool press got out and went to the limousine, and even at that moment mrs. kennedy was cradling the president and his head, his wounded head in her lap. he saw them being taken into the emergency room and looking in the car he told me privately but didn't say it on the air at that point that there was no way the president could, in fact, survive because the carnage that he saw was impressive. patti ann: yeah. yeah, that is something that people remember always is hearing about the details of jackie kennedy, you know, trying to save him and how heartbreaking and desperate it was and the despair at realizing that there was no ch