 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kennedy akaurawa pana November 22, 1963. Sanford akanga ari muWinston-Salem paakanzwa kuti purezidhendi akanga apfurwa. Akarayira mutyairi wake kuti amudzorere kuGovernors Mansion muRaleigh, uye munzira akaziva kuti Kennedy akanga afa. Hofisi yake yakabudisa mashoko mapfupi, ichidana chiitiko chacho kuti chinotyisa. Sanford kashoma kutaura nezvokupondwa kwaKennedy mumakore ake okupedzisira, uye akasarudza kudzivisa kukurukurwa kwacho apo nyaya yacho yakamuka. Akanzwa kuti yakanga yachinja nyika uye yakakuvadza United States. Iye nemhuri yake vakapinda mariro enyika aKennedymuWashington D.C.. Kuurayiwa kwacho kwakaitika panguva iyo Sanford akanga achikurudzira Kennedy kuti afunge nezvokuwana nzvimbo huru yokutsvakurudza kwezvakatipoteredza muNorth Carolina. Chisarudzo ipapo chakawira kuna Johnson, uyo akatsiva Kennedy saPurezidhendi weUnited States uye aifanira kurangarira dzvinyiriro inobva kuvamwe vezvamatongerwe enyika vaida nzvimbo yacho mumatunhu avo vamene. 