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The busboy who cradled a dying RFK has finally stepped out of the past [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

That still hurts so deeply, even so many years later. hifiguy Aug 2015 #1

GW Bragged In College That Dad In CIA billhicks76 Aug 2015 #12

That family is criminal AND stupid. Remember in October 2001 at a dinner or something... George II Aug 2015 #13

No Doubt They Facilitated It billhicks76 Aug 2015 #25

+1,000,000. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #42

Good post, thank you ! sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #50

Be careful..I had a post hidden because I mentioned that 9/11 was a false flag emsimon33 Aug 2015 #57

If They Censor It Then Proves My Point billhicks76 Aug 2015 #63

I wish I could recommend you 1,000,000 times. Frank Cannon Aug 2015 #68

It was incredibly traumatic and I think that he might have seen the aftermath and misstated this karynnj Aug 2015 #28

There was video of the smoke and flames in the building afterward, but no one had a video... George II Aug 2015 #32

I know that karynnj Aug 2015 #36

I saw the second plane hit AFTER we were told that a plane had hit the WTC. So I knew it was the sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #51

most of us are, the rest are too stupid to know how stupid they are... icarusxat Aug 2015 #77

I understand what you're saying and that makes sense to me. Especially considering all the C Moon Aug 2015 #59

There were also people who saw the first plane hit SheilaT Aug 2015 #71

video KansDem Aug 2015 #62

I have my doubts that 9/11 was actually *carried out* by the administration. nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #65

Yep. LIHOP. hifiguy Aug 2015 #87

I think he's criminal and stupid, too, BUT... yellerpup Aug 2015 #69

He was in Dallas. Of course the CIA killed Kennedy...and King...and Kennedy... . emsimon33 Aug 2015 #55

Nixon also said the same thing. volstork Aug 2015 #56

Yep emsimon33 Aug 2015 #89

Mere coincidence deutsey Aug 2015 #70

Hinkleys Connection Creepy billhicks76 Aug 2015 #86

Thanks 1norcal Aug 2015 #74

That was another huge step in our decline and the decline of western civilization imo. Rex Aug 2015 #37

Nope. hifiguy Aug 2015 #38

Very well said, and surely not an opinion, but a fact. Boomerproud Aug 2015 #44

Wasn't even born yet abelenkpe Aug 2015 #49

Wow, powerful story behind the iconic photo. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #2

My sense of loss is worse today than it was then. NBachers Aug 2015 #3

Brings me right back Lifelong Protester Aug 2015 #4

It was hard for so many of us brer cat Aug 2015 #5

Many of us never got over it and never will. hedda_foil Aug 2015 #60

Seeing this is a stab to the heart. stage left Aug 2015 #6

I was only 12 at the time. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2015 #7

tears here, too, even after all these years. I have frequently thought that the world as we knew niyad Aug 2015 #8

If only... RoccoR5955 Aug 2015 #9

It's a very hard lesson and he was too young to learn it. 1monster Aug 2015 #10

K&R. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #11

I was 5 and a half, and I remember seeing it on TV the next day. Thor_MN Aug 2015 #14

... shenmue Aug 2015 #15

My heart aches still. That picture truly does hurt. dmr Aug 2015 #16

1968 was a b**ch of a year - LiberalElite Aug 2015 #17

Bowers museum in s.Calif has a 1968 exhibit Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #21

I graduated h.s. that year LiberalElite Aug 2015 #22

I was 13. My mother died in March, MLK a few weeks later and then Bobby. nolabear Aug 2015 #31

Wow - what a survivor cilla4progress Aug 2015 #78

The day the music died. Gumboot Aug 2015 #18

What might have been. nt alphafemale Aug 2015 #19

I'm so sorry he suffered so much KT2000 Aug 2015 #20

what could have been... Javaman Aug 2015 #23

Poor guy treestar Aug 2015 #24

This is heartbreaking. What a terrible burden, I am glad he is letting go. DawgHouse Aug 2015 #26

What a tragic loss... BeanMusical Aug 2015 #27

I was only 8 years old, LWolf Aug 2015 #29

Same here .. MinM Aug 2015 #73

I was 11 years old when I went door to door for Bobby Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #30

My mother became an American citizen a couple of years earlier when Kennedy was our Senator. George II Aug 2015 #33

A friend of ours in LA Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #34

I was only 5... my dad put me on his shoulders MerryBlooms Aug 2015 #35

Notice the tie...RFK pulled it off the security guard, Thane Eugene Cesar. Octafish Aug 2015 #39

didn't notice the tie until u pointed it out. a clip on Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #40

Caesar has been a person of interest for years. hifiguy Aug 2015 #41

Ace Security Octafish Aug 2015 #45

William Pepper 1norcal Aug 2015 #75

Larry Teeter & Scott Enyart MinM Aug 2015 #80

Many thanks... 1norcal Aug 2015 #84

Hugh Jackman was set to play William Pepper .. MinM Aug 2015 #88

Jackman to play Bond MinM Sep 2015 #90

I was only ten years old. ladyVet Aug 2015 #43

That is seared in my brain. It never stops hurting. Autumn Aug 2015 #46

I was 20 miles from that event Le Taz Hot Aug 2015 #47

I worked with an RN--she was black, too--in the early 70's who was on that night in the ER mnhtnbb Aug 2015 #48

Why'd you use that photo? The photo associated with the online article is different. proverbialwisdom Aug 2015 #52

could post that link. found photo of Romero cradling Kennedy. wanted to show photo That Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #85

Haunting a la izquierda Aug 2015 #53

We are so much wiser now emsimon33 Aug 2015 #54

k&r avaistheone1 Aug 2015 #58

This explains so much about what he felt flamingdem Aug 2015 #61

I was a little kid but I remember like it was last week tblue Aug 2015 #64

I was fourteen when they assassinated RFK. Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #66

Dying, RFK wasn't alone mikehiggins Aug 2015 #67

I know - he looks all alone! cilla4progress Aug 2015 #79

My mom and author Romain Gary both had premonitions .. MinM Aug 2015 #72

Thank You 1norcal Aug 2015 #76

Well, there it is.. dougolat Aug 2015 #81

Yes 1norcal Aug 2015 #82

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2015 #83