Sunday, April 1, 2018

Katelyn Thompson- Inside the Kennedy family 'curse


https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/us/kennedy-family-curse/index.html

We've all heard about the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960's. However, untimely deaths and scandal is nothing new to the Kennedy family. In 1999  a small plane crash off Massachusetts killed JFK's son, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and his sister-in-law Lauren Bessette. JFK Jr. was responsible for the crash since he was piloting the plane at night and became disoriented before crashing into the Atlantic. 35 years earlier, Ted Kennedy surived a plane crash that killed two people in 1964. President Kennedy's oldest brother, Joe Kennedy Jr., died after volunteering to pilot a secret and extremely dangeroud World War 2 bombing mission in occupied in France in 1944. Four years later, a plane crash killed President Kennedy's sister Kathleen Kennedy. The list goes on and on. The Kennedy's has been met with anything from plane crashes to overdoses to Ted Kennedy's son losing his leg to cancer.
This article was written by Thom Patterson at CNN.
This article shocked me. I knew about the Kennedy's losing their first son, I knew about the assassinations of JFK and RFK, but I had no idea how much tragedy the Kennedy's have been through throughout each generation. This article definitely appeals to those who supported Kennedy and his views.
This can related to JFK's presidency and his trip to Dallas where he was shot. This can also be related to RFK who was shot in California shortly after announcing his candidacy for president.

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