You may not recognize the name, but I think you’ll recognize him from the photos.
He was the Secret Service agent who jumped on the back of the limo when JFK was shot, and kept Mrs. Kennedy from falling out.
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When he retired from the Secret Service in 1975, he was the assistant director responsible for all protective forces.
In December 2013, the Secret Service honored him at its James J. Rowley Training Center in Maryland, erecting a bronze plaque next to a street it named Clint Hill Way.
But the accolades and his ascendancy in the agency could not overcome Mr. Hill’s feelings of guilt. He blamed himself for not reacting a split second faster to the sound of gunfire, becoming convinced that he had missed a chance to save President Kennedy’s life. His emotional turmoil resulted in his retirement in 1975 at age 43, at the urging of doctors.
This is the type of person that the government needs in ALL of it’s departments. A person who is more devoted to their country than to self. Sadly I don’t see it changing completely in the next 2 years. After that, it is up to the Republicans to keep their control of the congress. And then get on the same page as the people of America.
If I remember right, he did an interview with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes and broke down because he thought he had failed in his job.
It is what every father whose child was molested by a priest or teacher, or groomed in England by Pakis feels. Sometimes, great forces of evil exist in our world that we cannot foretell because they are beyond our imagination.
Rest his soul in peace. I am sure he did not rest well here.
He sits at the Table of Heroes. A true warrior.