Anonymous remembers when Robert Kennedy was running for President and landed at Orange County Airport, and describes the candidate stepping out of his airplane...
i just noticed the date and it brought back memories of when i was working at the orange county airport 40 years ago and bobby kennedy flew in on a lockheed electra,in those days security was nothing like it is today so we lined up on the tarmac to see him, i was standing directly under the #2 propeller and it was rubbing up side of me so i rotated it out of the way,the guy standing next to me in a suit(had to been a body guard because i could see his.45 auto under the jacket)grabed me and said dont move that it can kill you ,i took a second to explain to him the difference between a piston and a turboprop engine,guess that made him happy, anyway here comes bobby kennedy down the stairs followed by his wife i can tell you he looked nothing like he did on tv or in pictures he looked like he was 30 years older so did his wife i guess running for office really ages a person,they stepped into a waiting limo and headed off to anahiem i beleve,the the next days stop was los angeles where he was shot that night
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That "limo" he got into was my friend's dads white convertable Imperial. His dad was a garden grove politician of some renown, (last name Dean) and I was told the story of that being the last car he drove in and so forth for years. i saw the car myself. Interesting connection.
ReplyDeleteDo remember RFK coming to OC as a boy... He drove down our street enroute to the "Strawberry Festival" and gave a speech at the adjacent high school. I was stage side and after the speech I remember looking up at his face and hand reaching down to a 9 year old boy. He reached down and shook my hand and rubbed my head.
ReplyDeleteI can remember his smile and for a quick moment, a real connection.
Then he was on to LA and the Ambassador hotel a few days later.
Remember wearing my "Bobby" pin and how special it was.