Chappaquiddick: Unanswered Questions

Title: Chappaquiddick: Unanswered Questions

Published: Mon, 16 Feb 2009

Description: (Boston Globe) Remembering the night in 1969 that left a young woman dead, and a young politician forever diminished. Video by Bill Greene and Ann Silvio, Globe Staff

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" telephone call early in the morning. He said you can you go. And I should shore course. My god. I called a friend -- a pilot. His single engine plane we flew down low over the what is the dike bridge and I saw the car in the commotion down there and everything and I thought. Oh my god there goes to its presidency right there."

" It. --"

" When I got there I saw that the current a lot of upside down. Why did this but I think with the caught it was he right next door and I have escalated you have to have a -- and so what you're."

" Okay. Yeah. It."

" Sit on the car I thought. That in a feeling and you can discredit whatever you want I'm convinced that somebody in there. Oh. Had a rope and he said we do feel -- you pool and well coming up so next thing you know hope he comes with this. One girl and waited. And as I looked -- there I was trying to figure out which can obviously."

" There's eight or nine of them. All women. They were the boiler room girls. And Mary -- was one of them they were tough and strong and loyal and they worked so hard."

" Out of school went over yeah. Working the phones to secure support."

" Yes like out of all the dollar bet yes I got a positive in Iowa so everybody would cheers than to -- back to work. It was exciting stuff."

" Yeah."

" One. Of those."

" Do I know about partying with those people to know about -- those people because I was headed dog of the boiler room. But I didn't go. I really wanted."

" Four. Yeah yeah yeah."

" It's."

" On the -- he brought him to Chaffee with these two other guys. He seems. -- You can tell itself and it happens. There's a little. Barry -- right there and they stayed there about a half an hour and talked. Got back on the boat went back take it down and this is before Kennedy turns out had reported the accident to the -- police."

" Lawyer who broke free -- we need to know. Follow through and we're. Q are you are."

" I arranged to meet them up at the airport. --"

" The -- in my playing -- to. But or that. The only thing was to get him away were you can. Control. Media is somewhat."

" There was a question why did you couldn't breath. -- make -- reforms and he's standing in front of it is clear eyed and bushy -- and if he rang. Point 8. Who went what does that prove. You know -- the accident happened."

" For. All. -- Are perfect. For -- and no it was --"

" I've heard every kind of crazy loony theory about this over the years. It's -- way before the autopsy so we don't know she was pregnant when I'm saying is it wasn't like a bunch of nuns priests but it wasn't wasn't an orgy."

" Where else would you like. You are -- to Newark. And the lunch and and and -- I think. As --"

" I need immediate. And repeated efforts to save nearly -- by diving. The strong American current. I regarded indefensible. The fact that I did not report the accident. And the police. Immediately. Deal."

" is a very compelling statement. He opened up he showed his pain he showed his. Is sadness as to what has happened but it left more questions. The answer."

" Why go two hole total one point at least even if you attempt that you had no luck. -- give up from until this so called the police."

" All kind of scrambled for."

" All of them can you."

" Some of them irrational. Including that question as well that sounds awful curse did actually hang over all the Kennedy."

" That's how the story was cast than another tragedy strikes in this Kennedy family but. Quickly as the questions began to mount. We -- there was something. More of the tragedy was a mystery."

" Still unsolved."

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