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In reply to the discussion: Paranormal experiences? [View all]highplainsdem
(49,061 posts)shattering.
I'd seen Bobby give a speech a couple of months before he was assassinated. I was still in high school but already had enough credits to have afternoons off. I didn't arrive at the speech venue in time to get anywhere near the stage, but while I was still outside, RFK and his entourage arrived and I had a chance to shake his hand as they walked past.
I remember thinking how slight and vulnerable he seemed. I'm tall for a woman, and though I've seen some sources claiming he was 5'10", I think he was an inch or two shorter than that, He didn't have all that many people with him, and as he made his way through the crowd, I remember hoping he had really good security.
Such a devastating loss. I think we'd have a very different world now if he hadn't been assassinated, if he'd won in November.