They crossed over to the island and descended on an isolated cottage where they had a raucous party. Around midnight Teddy made his exit. The next morning police chief Dominick Arena was called to the scene of a mysterious accident. A car had been found submerged in an isolated channel of water ... It was registered in Kennedy’s name. ibid.
Trapped inside the car was a body. But it wasn’t Teddy Kennedy. It was Mary Jo Kopechne, one of the girls from the party. At about the same time that Mary Jo’s body was being identified, Dominick Arena got a call from Teddy Kennedy. ibid.
As a presidential candidate he only went as far as somebody saying Chappaquiddick. Matthew Smith, author The Kennedys – The Conspiracy to Destroy a Dynasty
It is my belief that people associated with the CIA pushed the car into the water knowing that Mary Jo was in it. ibid.
Robert Kennedy brought a lot of pressure on the CIA to do things – to foment insurrection against Castro. Arthur Schlesinger, historian & JFK aide
Rhode Island Sound July 17 1999: This just in: unconfirmed reports that a single engine plane possibly carrying John F Kennedy junior is missing. Crash Files: JFK junior, news commentary, 1999
The coastguard spearheaded a massive rescue effort. ibid.
Before their discovery was released to the public, the Kennedy and Bessette families were notified by the coastguard. ibid.
John F Kennedy junior was the sixth owner; he had purchased it in 1998. ibid.
If it wasn’t a mechanical problem, then why did the plane go down? ibid.
With a certified instructor on board John made seven flights mostly at night to the Vineyard in the Piper. ibid.
Only 48 minutes had been flown without an instructor on board. ibid.
On the day of the flight his ankle wasn’t the only thing giving him pressure; for the week leading up to the flight his private and professional life seemed to be in a freefall. ibid.
After take-off there was no radio contact between JFK junior and the Air Traffic control towers along the route. ibid.
Insanity: JFK should never have been flying, say experts. Daily Mirror front page
Last Fatal Risk Of A Daredevil: Novice pilot JFK ignored fears. The Express front page
Kennedy Had A Death Wish. Daily Mail front page
While an undergraduate at Brown, Kennedy was initiated into Phi Psi, a local, unaffiliated social fraternity. In 1984 Phi Psi joined the national Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and became known as the Rhode Island Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi. Wikipedia June 2012
These Nazis have been instrumental in the murder of the Kennedys. Dark Legacy II, 2009
George magazine was dangerously serious. ibid.
John was a really political threat to his father’s killers. ibid.
Where was Georgie on the night John junior was murdered: 16th July 1999? ibid.
9.33 plane begins descent from 5,500 feet; at 3,000 feet plane begins 15-degree right turn; 9.38 plane holds steady at 2,500 feet; 9.40.15 plane begins catastrophic plunge into the sea. ibid.
The FAA should have begun the search at 9.44 … 15.5 hours! ibid.
Recorders were now referred to the Pentagon … supposedly a peace-time activity of search and rescue … took control of the news reporting of the crash. ibid.
A conspiracy between the upper levels of the air force and the FAA. ibid.
The early report that there was indeed a flight instructor on the plane came from an entirely reliable source … John never flew without a flight instructor. ibid.
NTSB investigators face pressure like never before. A Piper Saratoga has crashed into the sea. At the controls of the small plane one of the biggest names in American life, John F Kennedy junior. JFK Jr: The Crash that Killed a Kennedy aka Mayday Air Disaster, Channel 5 2017
Four days after Kennedy’s plane went down US Navy divers locate the sunken wreckage and the bodies of the three people on board. ibid.
Investigators conclude there was nothing wrong with the Piper Saratoga. ibid.
‘He was fit to fly.’ ibid.
Visibility was especially bad below 6,000 feet. ibid.
Spatial disorientation. ibid.
This is Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts … near by is the island of Chappaquiddick … 25 years ago it was the setting for a bizarre and tragic accident that was to have long-term repercussions on the presidency of the United States … In the early hours of the morning of 19th July 1969 a black Oldsmobile skidded and crashed off the side of a narrow bridge at the end of a dirt road crossing a tidal pond. The car ended up upside down submerged in a fast-flowing current beneath the bridge. The car was registered to the senator for Massachusetts, Edward Kennedy. The accident wasn’t discovered till the following morning. Inside Story: Chappaquiddick, BBC 1994
The party that the Boiler Room group attended in July 1969 was on the island of Chappaquiddick … a barbecue was to take place that night. ibid.
Almost 10 a.m. that Kennedy appeared at the police station with a close associate to report there had been an accident and he had been the driver. ibid.
Why was he out with a young single woman late at night? Had they been drinking? ibid.
There was no autopsy on the body of Mary Jo Kapechne. ibid.
The first time Kennedy mentioned the second rescue attempt was in the TV speech, a week after the accident. ibid.
Friday July 18th 1969: President Kennedy cast a long shadow and still does. It’s one I walk in every day. Chappaquiddick aka The Senator 2017 starring Jason Clarke & Kate Mara & Ed Helms & Bruce Dern & Jim Gaffigan & Taylor Nichols & Clancy Brown & Olivia Thirlby & Lexie Roth & John Fiore & Vince Tycer et al, director John Curran, Ted’s television interview
While we’re raising glasses we should raise a few more for the boiler-room girls. ibid. Joe at the party
I’m not going to be president. ibid. Ted
Dad, I’m sorry to call so late. I’ve got myself into the deepest pile of trouble. It was an accident. ibid.
I want to be a great man. I just don’t know who I am. ibid. Ted to father
The Kennedys: America’s unofficial royal family. For a century they’ve dazzled the world with their glamour and charisma and wealth. But the crown has been a heavy one to bear, with successive generations suffering heartbreak and loss. The Kennedys: A Fatal Ambition aka The Kennedys: Money, Murder & Marilyn I, Channel 5 2018
July 16th 1999: a plane carrying 38-year-old John F Kennedy junior, his wife and sister in law takes off from New Jersey and then disappears from radar. ibid.
The family’s Catholic roots were laid down in Boston, Massachusetts. ibid.
At age 20, Joe Kennedy won a place at Harvard University. ibid.
With his own political prospects in tatters, Joe Kennedy headed back home and transferred all his grand ambitions to his eldest son; he was determined that Joe junior would become the future president of the United States. ibid.
Without Rose’s approval, he [Joe] paid doctors to perform a new type of brain surgery on their 23-year-old daughter. In November 1941 she underwent a pre-frontal lobotomy. But that operation was mishandled. ibid.
For saving most of his crew, Jack Kennedy was awarded a purple heart for gallantry. ibid.
Joe Kennedy junior died instantly in this explosion caused by a suspected electrical fault. Joe junior’s body was never found. ibid.
They looked to his brother Jack to fulfil his ambitions. ibid.
Like his father before him, Jack Kennedy had become a serial adulterer. ibid.
It was a new and hopeful generation that swept them into office. ibid.
‘Everyone connected to me seems jinxed.’ ibid. Bobby