Oh my indeed.
Frank, I'm going through this case. I actually had a site bookmarked for further reading at a later time. And then the DUmmies posted this. Funny how that works huh?
Here's a link. Like I said, I haven't read all of it. Looks like a good starting point. Who knows? Maybe lurking primitives will actually educate themselves.
http://www.ytedk.com/This is the link to the timeline with actual statements from Kennedy and others included
http://www.ytedk.com/chapter3.htmTo answer the question about another man, no there was no one else present when it happened but Kennedy did go get his lawyer buddies. From the link above -
When Kennedy arrived back at the cottage, he saw the white Valiant parked near the front door. The Senator testified that as he came up to the back of the vehicle, he saw Ray LaRosa. Kennedy made no mention of the accident to LaRosa, however, and instead told him to go get Joe Gargan and Paul Markham: the two lawyers.
- Kennedy climbed into the back seat of the car and waited. According to Gargan, when he and Markham came out, the Senator told them "There's been a terrible accident. The car's gone off the bridge down by the beach, and Mary Jo is in it."
- When the three men reached the bridge, Gargan recalled seeing the Senator's car upside-down in the middle of the pond. Kennedy guessed that it had been at least 45 minutes since the time of the accident. Gargan drove across the bridge and parked the Valiant on the beach side with the headlights shining over the water.
- Both Gargan and Markham stripped naked and dove into the water. "All I was interested in was saving the girl," Gargan said. "I wasn't thinking about anything else."
Markham and Gargan made several more attempts to open the doors, but fighting the current had taken it's toll. "The water was bad; it was rough," Gargan recalled. "I almost drowned." Exhausted and out of breath, they gave up.
