June 5th 2018

-Source-NPR- -Quote of the Day- Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom not a guide by which to live.-Senator Robert F. KennedyBrother of President JFK On June 5th 1968 Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. Infamous photographs taken seconds after Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot on June 5 1968 show him lying on the floor of the Ambassador Hotels kitchen. A teenage busboy kneels beside him cradling the senators head. That busboy was Juan Romero. Kennedy was running for president and had just won the California Democratic primary when he was assassinated at the Los Angeles hotel. In an interview with StoryCorps Romero now 67 remembers meeting Kennedy the day before the assassination. He helped deliver Kennedys room service. It was the first of two brief encounters that left Romero struck by how present and considerate Bobby Kennedy appeared with guests. The senator had been on the phone when Kennedys aides opened the door to receive him and his co-worker Romero recalls. He put down the phone and says Come on in boys Romero says. You could tell when he was looking at you that hes not looking through you hes taking you into account. And I remember walking out of there like I was 10 feet tall.