Relive the assassination of President Kennedy, a pivotal moment in American history, through the words of people close to the tragedy, former heads of state, politicians, and more. Starting with the simple question, "Where were you?" , their memories and interpretations paint a rich and moving picture of a hopeful nation torn asunder by grief.

A companion to the NBC documentary in which 46 people remember the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated and speculate on what might have been since then. Includes index.

Dan Rather -- Robert Grossman -- Robert Caro -- Buell Frazier -- Marie Tippit -- John Brewer and Ray Hawkins -- Ruth Hyde Paine -- Lawrence Schiller -- Oleg Kalugin -- Darwin Payne -- Joseph Califano -- Joe English -- Richard Goodwin and Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Mike Barnicle -- Harry Belafonte -- Andrew Young -- Carlos Bringuier -- Richard Reeves -- Pat Buchanan -- Frank Gannon -- Kathy Fay and Paul Fay III -- Bill Daley -- Swanee Hunt -- Jimmy Carter -- Bill Clinton -- Joseph Biden -- John Kerry -- Chris Matthews -- Mort Sahl -- Cynthia Wegmann -- Rosemary James -- Mike Kettenring -- Robert Groden -- Vincent Bugliosi -- John Glenn -- Nancy Olson Livingston -- Rose Styron -- Jane Fonda -- Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey -- Judy Collins -- Robert de Niro -- Sonny Jurgensen, Carl Kammerer, and Bobby Mitchell -- Oliver Stone -- Steven Spielberg -- Jay Leno -- Tom Hanks.