Mr. Sorrels.

Yes, it would have. The closer you got to it, looking out from the front part of the car, naturally your vision would diminish as you approach.
But we turned to the left on Main Street, and at that time just glancing by, I could see the side of the building from the window where I was sitting in the car.

Mr. Sterns.

I believe you mean left onto Elm Street.

Mr. Sorrels.

Elm Street--I am sorry.

Mr. Stern.

So that when you turned from Houston left onto Elm, you again had a look at the building?

Mr. Sorrels.

Yes, sir; you see, as you make the turn--of course, as we pulled on down Elm Street, after having made the turn, it is actually more than a right angle turn. It bends even more to the left. And you can, of course, glance up like that as you go by. But as you go on by the building, the building is getting away from you, and unless you would turn clear on around and look out to the right, you would not be able to see the building after you got a little distance down Elm Street there.

Mr. Stern.

Did you turn to your right and look at the building again as your car negotiated this turn onto Elm Street?

Mr. Sorrels.

As the car was making the turn, yes, I was looking at the crowd, and just glancing up at the building as we made the turn.

Mr. Stern.

Do you believe that you saw all of the windows on the building at that time?

Mr. Sorrels.

As we were making the turn, yes, I would say that I saw all the windows in the building--just looked at the windows as we made the turn. But then I was looking at the people along the side of Elm Street, along each side.

Mr. Stern.

Can you estimate, going back to the first turn into Houston Street, how long an opportunity you had to observe the building, in time?

Mr. Sorrels.

On Houston Street?

Mr. Stern.

Yes. As you turned right off Main onto Houston Street, the building first came into view.

Mr. Sorrels.

That is right.

Mr. Stern.

How long did you see the building before the roof obscured your view?

Mr. Sorrels.

Of course I wasn't looking at it all the time. As we came to the right on Houston Street, of course, the building loomed up in front, and I just looked at it, and looking at the people along the side,cx and as we were making the turn I was just glancing like that and saw the building.
I saw nothing unusual or any activity at that time. And then after making the turn, I did not look at the building any more, or in that direction, until after the first shot.

Mr. Stern.

Are you saying that you only glanced at the building then, because you were looking at other things?

Mr. Sorrels.

Yes. I looked at the building. I didn't study it intently and look at that and nothing else around there. I looked at the building, didn't see any activity, and looked at the people as we had been doing during the entire motorcade route.

Mr. Stern.

Would this have been a matter of several seconds or longer than that, or can you estimate?

Mr. Sorrels.

I think it would be a matter of seconds, yes.

Mr. Stern.

It is rather a large building, with a number of windows along that side, is it not?

Mr. Sorrels.

Yes; it is a good-sized building. I believe it is seven stories high.

Mr. Stern.

And you think you had enough time, though, to see all the windows, or is it a general impression?

Mr. Sorrels.

Just a general impression.
In other words, I did not specifically study any specific window or anything like that. It is just like you glance out and see the building there, you would see some open windows, and maybe some people in them--that is all. There wasn't any activity or anything like that that I saw.