Seeing a car upside down in the water not the political direction of the United States was about to be transformed not i never seen anything like this we wanted to find out what happened. You. 48 hours after senator kennedys car was dragged out of the water of chappaquiddick, the astronauts were still on the surface of the moon preparing for their return to earth. The senators team of advisors hoped the Historic Mission would drown out news of his action and the nagging questions that followed. If you had a picket day to be a sitting u. S. Senator on a day that a womans body was found that you were drinking with, the best day in history of modern life is the same day that Neil Armstrong was being the first man to step on the moon at the same time. It was too late. The Tiny Community of chappaquiddick was already over run by reporters. At 930 in front of the courthouse, the chief of police faced news men in a crowd estimated at 200 townsman and vacationers. At the center of the storm was police chief jim until today earlier rarely had us reason to step foot on the island. There would be a break in once in a while but other than that not much. It seemed like a traffic investigation but they will realized early on with the name kennedy attached to it, he would basically be on his own. There were claims of a report that he had been in an accident from the das office. [inaudible] the Kennedy Family iran that part of the United States. Kate todd and all the surrounding islands, chappaquiddick, all of that was kennedy territory. This was a small town guy, good nature, caught in a real storm. Anyone who might have some insight was nowhere to be found. I found out every one of them had left the island. Under pressure to charge him with something, he faced few options. I got together with the county prosecutor and we were discussing what we were going to charge him with. He didnt have anybody else. He didnt intend to drive off the bridge. It was an accident. Call it vehicular homicide was quite a stretch. Manslaughter. Are charges. [inaudible] when he was in my office there were no signs of alcohol. The prosecutor who was my boss, in a way who was leaving the scene. Kennedy survived but failed to report the accident until ten hours later. Police moved to prosecute him. He was convinced there was no negligence beforehand, that the crime was leaving the scene of an accident without reporting at. Filing a report with the county clerk they charged him with leaving the scene of an accident after having done bodily harm. Once he had admitted that he had his case right there. There was no need to do anything else. My investigation is complete. We will be prepared to enter the hearing and present our fax and if the complaint is issued a summons will be issued for the senator and we have to go to court. The senators growing team of advisors debated how to handle the charge without putting kennedy in greater legal jeopardy. They knew they needed to change the narrative desperately. Support see they have a major problem in the theme that emerges is to try to create sympathy or ted kennedy and to portray him as one of the victims as well. Mary jo isnt the only victim. He is a victim to. We will spin it a certain way. Remember, you had a concussion. You are in no physical or mental state to save mary jo. That opportunity would come that opportunity would come the next morning imagine traveling hasslefree with your golf clubs. Now you can, with shipsticks. Com no more lugging your clubs through the airport or risk having your clubs lost or damaged by the airlines. Sending your own clubs ahead with shipsticks. Com makes it fast easy to get to your golf destination. With just a few clicks or a phone call, well pick up and deliver your clubs ontime, guaranteed, for as low as 39. 99. Shipsticks. Com saves you time and money. Make it simple. Make it ship sticks. Shipsticks. Com saves you time and money. 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Her interest in politics and devotion to the kennedys took her far from the Pennsylvania Community where she is being buried today. There was a crowd of people outside and inside. I found joe and went over and hugged him. He wasnt really there. He was destroyed. This was his only child, his daughter and they had a wonderful relationship. I went to the casket and mary jo looked lovely, beautiful. She looked like she was sleeping. The small church was packed. 700 people. Kennedy kennedy arrived with his wife joan, his neck visibly seen. The message of that neck brace was absolutely clear. There was two victims, mary jo and me. It was a stage prop is what it was. This is all part of an elaborate effort to basically erase the victim. For most people, remember the back story, this is the kennedys, there were two brothers assassinated, the story that theres some sort of kennedy curse had now entered the mythology. Indeed this had the air of public speculative him. The celebrity politician was at the center of the growing scandal. After the funeral the media was kept waiting. A lot of cameras and shouting, kennedy in the neck brace mark ching out with joan looking very grim. Nbc confronted him and repeatedly asked questions, when are you going to tell us what happened. He uses the funeral as the occasion of the funeral justify his silence. I didnt think it was some great moment that there would be a fullblown news conference. When you think you might have a statement is there anyway you can give us an indication of when that i might be. When will be the appropriate time. Backup compound the senator was sticking with plan a, silence. Behindthescenes, his lawyers quietly requested to meet with the da and chief of police. We set up a meeting prosecutors house connected group on plan and a court date was set for friday morning, one week to the day from the town data which already seemed like a lifetime ago. The arraignment on the charge contained in the complaint will be held at the District Court at 9 00 a. M. And mr. Kennedy will be present in edgartown tomorrow morning july 25, 1969 to accept service of this complaint. To be wet weather the next morning did not seem to discourage the crowd of onlookers and reporters gathered outside. Just before 9 00 a. M. , ted and john kennedy arrived and silently made their way through the crowd. Ted kennedy goes into court and the deal is already done. Hes going to plead guilty to the most minimal crime that he can plead to which is leaving the scene of an accident. It appeared as a full side, the kennedys and the prosecution new what was to unfold. He folded his hands in front of his chin. He looked like a man deeply disappointed in himself and how say you to this complaint, guilty or not guilty for the 37yearold senator said guilty so softly the judge couldnt hear. The prosecutor agreed that the minimum two months offens susped sentence for the first offense was there and it was over. For kennedy in the Small Town Police chief, little sleep and questions. [inaudible] we are satisfied with what we have thematically you pursue the investigation. Yes, if someone comes up with something they think is important to the case i will pursue it, but as far as im concerned the case is closed. Nothing further they said from the bench. The defendant will be punished far beyond what this court can invoke. Ten minutes later he thought he put his troubles behind him but the court of Public Opinion would not be as easy to manage. The senior senator from massachusetts. s sentence was on the basis of his character but its this worldwide reputation that is now the larger question. What can or will he do to preserve his potential for candidate for president of the United States. It was time to talk. 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Exactly one week later, from the living room of his fathers estate, senator Edward Kennedy face the public. At 7 30 p. M. Eastern standard time the red light blinked and the cameras rolled. My fellow citizens, i have requested this opportunity and talk to the people of massachusetts about the tragedy that happened last friday evening. The address was broadcast live on all three networks with an estimated 35 million people. I attended friday evening july 18, a cookout. I had help sponsor for the kennedy campaign. When i left the party around 11 15 p. M. I was accompanied by mary jo. Initially he stuck to the timeline of the Police Report and attempted to knock down and you and knows and scandals. There is no proof whatsoever of the circulated suspicion of immoral conduct of my behavior and hers regarding that evening. A little over 1 mile away the credit i was driving on an unlit road over the bridge, the car overturned in a deep pond and immediately filled with water. I remember thinking the cold water rushed in around my head that i was going to face certain grounding. Somehow i struggled and made immediate efforts to save mary jo my diving through the strong and murky current but fatigue and other exhaustion. [inaudible] it was his shop that led to inaction. My conduct and conversation during the next row hours to the extent that i can remember them make no sense whatsoever. I regard as indefensible the fact that i did not report the actions immediately. That those watching who thought they would finally get a clear picture of what happened one week earlier were disappointed. I thought there would be more of an elaboration of what he did. I didnt get an explanation. I wanted to find out why, why did he not report the accident right away. In that they made up an entirely different story. He added a few things that were not in the Police Report. Kennedy now said after the accident, even of his days, he walked back to the party and enlisted friends for help. I walked back to the cottage for the party was being held and requested help of two friends, my cousin joseph and directed them to return immediately with me. In order to undertake a new effort to dive down. Their strenuous efforts undertaken with some risk to their own lives. [inaudible] it was the first time anyone would hear about their involvement that might. The first time in his first report to the police, he simply says he tried to rescue mary jo out of the car and was unable to do so and he went back to edgartown. When he went on tv, he told a much more indepth story that involved walking back to the cabin, getting two friends, having them come to the car and help him try to rescue, swimming down to the car. In his speech he also mentioned for the first time how he got off chappaquiddick isla island. [inaudible] i had them take me to the ferry. He said youve got report the accident. Legally you have to report it. He said i will as soon as i get back so then he jumped into the water the mecca suddenly jumped into the water and impulsively swam across, nearly drowning once again in the effort. He got caught twice in a severe undercurrent. Fulltime he thought he was finished. Somehow he struggled out of it and clambered back up on the sand and made his way to the motel room and pass out. All kinds of scrambled thoughts, all of them confused, some of them irrational, many of them which i cannot recall. The 13 minute speech was also a plea to the voters of massachusetts and to whom he gave an ultimatum. He said he was going to ask the people of massachusetts to help him decide whether to stay in the senate. Whatever the future holds for me, i hope that i shall be able to but this most recent tragedy behind me and make some further contributions to our state and mankind, whether it be in public or private life thank you. In massachusetts,. [inaudible] local radio and tv responded, they were taking phone calls and running three and four to one in favor of the senator. We feel he is human and people do make mistakes. Were at a crossroad. He survived, politically. [inaudible] would you vote for him again . Definitely. Not only he had survived in his home state, he triumphed. A report published by the boston globe showed that 70 of boston voters wanted him to say. There was just this residual sympathy for the family. Everyone, large numbers of people. But it also revealed something he was anxious to avoid. People didnt believe his story. It is sketchy. Tremendously sketchy and. At home, watching on tv, my sisterinlaws who were younger, theyre both crying over the story. [inaudible] this is not true. He said in his speech he wondered if it was the curse on the Kennedy Family. Theres a company thats talked to even more real people than me jd power. 448,134 to be exact. 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