440Now, do you recall seeing the motorcade approach Dealey Plaza?Mr. WITT. Yes. As a matter of fact, it was only--it was traveling west at the time I saw it.Mr. FAUNTROY. All right. Now, where were you at that time?Mr. WITT. I was sitting somewhere in the grassy area there in Dealey Plaza.Mr. FAUNTROY. All right. May we suspend for just a moment? [Discussion off the record.]Mr. FAUNTROY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the brief interlude here. Mr. Witt, I was--as we suspended momentarily, I was asking you to recall the turning of the motorcade, and the car in which President Kennedy sat, into Dealey Plaza. Can you recall that?Mr. WITT. Yes, sir.Mr. FAUNTROY. And you at that time, you were telling me, were sitting down probably on the grassy knoll?Mr. WITT. Yes, sir; that is correct.Mr. FAUNTROY. Now, describe to us what happened and what you did when the car turned into the Dealey Plaza?Mr. WITT. Well, after I became aware of its presence, I got up and took the umbrella and started walking toward the street and opening the umbrella at the same time.Mr. FAUNTROY. So that to the best of your recollection you--as you approached the sidewalk, you were opening the umbrella?Mr. WITT. Yes, sir; that is correct.Mr. FAUNTROY. All right. And the car is now passing and you-- describe to us what happened.Mr. WITT. Well, as I was moving forward opening this umbrella, it was somewhere at--excuse me--it was somewhere at this point that I heard the shots, and I continued to move forward and eventually brought the umbrella up over my head. I think by this time I had already--by the time I got the umbrella up over my head, I was at the retaining wall and standing on it.Mr. FAUNTROY. All right. Now, the car is moving beyond you now. Are you aware that the President has been hit at this point-- after you hear these firecracker-like shots?Mr. WITT. No, sir. I--my view of the car during that length of time was blocked by the umbrella being open. And my--the next time I saw the car after I saw it coming down on my left traveling west, the next time I saw the car was when this activity of the car stopping, one car rushing up on another, the motorcycle patrolman stopping, there was this screeching of tires, this sort of thing. One thing I recall there was a movement in the President's car. By this time--I don't recall seeing the President. He must have--I am sure he was down. The only thing I recall was the--there was a sort of a pink movement, and it was--that was Jaekie Kennedy, I think, wearing a pink dress or something. This pink thing stood out in my mind, and all of this happened in very rapid order. The--as soon as the one car ran up behind this one, a man jumped off and I think the first car was pulling out about the time he had jumped on the back.Mr. FAUNTROY. Your testimony is that you then sat down where you are pictured there?