National Public Radio’s excellent StoryCorps project aired a deeply touching segment on Friday, just ahead of the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. The reflections of then 17-year-old busboy Juan Romeo, who attempted to comfort RFK seconds after he was shot, are a potent reminder of what we lost that night.
Click on the link to listen to Romero’s brief story:
https://www.npr.org/player/embed/615534723/616032009
Photo by Boris Yaro/Los Angeles Times
Bobby Kennedy for President, a new documentary series streaming on Netflix, is an enlightening and moving reminder for those of us alive in the ’60s, and a powerful history lesson for those not.
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sad, dear Cate!
if only…. 😦
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If only ….
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OH my… RFK’s death so impacted my teenage life. I remember my mom took us on a vacation of the lifetime by taking the ferry from Vancouver Island to Price Rupert. Then we drove and camped our way back home for weeks.
At some point I off in the woods built a little memorial for Bobby. so f’ing sad.
I heard the NPR piece you are talking about and Juan gave RFK his rosary. Enough to break your heart on so much lost & Nixon who followed.
Deep breath!! Deep Breath!!
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The vast psychic distance between pre-assassination days in this nation — JFK, MLK, finally RFK — and what seems possible in America today (let alone what we have become) is immeasurably sad and deeply disheartening. I feel it, too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Thanks for sharing this.
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You’re welcome.
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