his knees hit the ground, and ray shallic and jerry parr catch him. the nurses, nurses, paramedic, a doctor who initially treat him all thought he was going to die, he looked that bad. they thought, this guy's dead. their hands are shaking. they start instantly doing the medical protocols to save his life. they're throwing in ivs, getting long lines on him. someone has got an oxygen mask on him to give him air. you have to stabilize someone's blood pressure really fast he'll go into shock, it will kill you. a nurse can't feel his blood pressure. she has to palpate the brachial artery. and she registers 60. anything below 90 is in shock. jerry parr and some others tell the nurse, we think he broke a rib in the limousine. when they came hurtling in the limousine. he landed on the transom, the transmission, and jerry parr suspects he broke a rib and punctured a lung. jerry parr is praying, please let this guy live. he's thinking back to kennedy. they throw the ivs, they're following all the proper protocols which had really only come into existence the l