González was in President Kennedy 's motorcade through Dallas on November 22 , 1963 . He recalled rolling down the window as his car neared the Texas School Book Depository , then hearing three distinct shots during the assassination . González 's car proceeded to Parkland Memorial Hospital where upon seeing a blood-caked bouquet of roses in the rear of presidential limousine he initially believed Jackie Kennedy had been shot . There , he saw Lyndon Johnson , Lady Bird Johnson , Mrs. Kennedy , and President Kennedy 's sheet covered body . González helped place Kennedy 's casket in the hearse that transported Kennedy to Air Force One
motorcade
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Henry B. González