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When Juan Romero cradles Kennedy's head to protect him from the cold concrete floor, he suddenly feels warm blood running down his hand.

RFK asks him: "Is everybody else alright?"

Photograph by @BillEppridge #RFK50#TDIH

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My reply:
That picture still fills me with sadness and a sense of despair--the exact same emotions I had when I first saw it in 1968 when I was 12. How very different the world would be...what if?

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1. I often think

how different this country and the world would be had he not been killed and went on to win the presidency.

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2. I have a few memories from childhood

but one of the strongest was hearing over the radio about RFK being shot... and going to where my mother was ironing clothes in the spare bedroom and listening to the further news reports.

I wasn't old enough to understand completely... but I remember being both very sad and somewhat nervous about our country.