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Clint Hill, Secret Service agent who leaped onto JFK’s car after the president was shot, dies at 93

Hill was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination.

FILE – President John F. Kennedy slumps down in the back seat of the presidential limousine as it speeds along Elm Street toward the Stemmons Freeway overpass in Dallas, Texas, after being fatally shot, Nov. 22, 1963. First lady Jacqueline Kennedy leans over the president as Secret Service Agent Clint Hill pushes her back to her seat. (AP Photo/James W. “Ike” Altgens)
FILE – President John F. Kennedy slumps down in the back seat of the presidential limousine as it speeds along Elm Street toward the Stemmons Freeway overpass in Dallas, Texas, after being fatally shot, Nov. 22, 1963. First lady Jacqueline Kennedy leans over the president as Secret Service Agent Clint Hill pushes her back to her seat. (AP Photo/James W. “Ike” Altgens)
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Hill was forced to retire early because he remained haunted by memories of the assassination.

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