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In reply to the discussion: 10 Facts About Lee Oswald That 70% of Americans Must Not Understand [View all]Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)Oswald's flight would have played out much the same, although he might not have been as certain he'd killed Kennedy (if that would have affected his decision making). But Kennedy alive at Parkland - it would have been a while before he could speak, but he could have communicated before and after his surgeries.
Ruby may still have shot Oswald on impulse, though. That to my mind is the biggest part of people thinking there was more to it than just Oswald. Oswald alive for a trial (as opposed to Hinckley) would have been more important than Kennedy alive. Oswald wouldn't have been able to resist digging his own grave. His last interrogation, Oswald had put himself on the sixth floor during the assassination, contrary to his story before about eating lunch on the first floor. He would have hung himself.