I remember being told that the young man in this photo was Juan Romero, a busboy and he had handed Bobby Rosary beads. I recall how relieved I was to know that he had them. I read an interview that Time magazine did with Juan Romero in 1998. I remember again being flooded with relief that Bobby had those Rosary beads to comfort him.
My parents shielded me from much of this at the time, of course. I was 7. But later I listened to this recording of a reporter named Andrew West who was there. He was yelling as those surrounding Sirhan Sirhan to "break his thumb" in order to get the gun away.
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"R.F.K., R.I.P., Revisited"
"June 6, 1968"
"He loved life completely and he lived it intensely."
"The Train"
It's sad, but the first thing that came to mind while I was reading the TIME article was the immigration debate. Maybe because it's such a huge day to day issue in LV. I guess with Mr. K being in the restaurant business and knowing how many workers are illegal...I look at that picture and think...Thank God for illegal immigrants!
ReplyDeleteMrs. K -
ReplyDeleteMr. Romero was not an illegal immigrant. He came legally with his mother and stepfather.
But yes, since you and I are the great-granddaughter and ganddaughter of an immigrant who came to America in 1916 from Ireland....we are pro-legal-immigration.