The Bridge at Chappaquiddick

Jack Olsen tells the 1969 story of United States Senator Ted Kennedy's tragic car accident over the Chappaquiddick bridge which led to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy and Kopechne left a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the eastern end of Matha's Vinyard at 11:15 PM on July 18. He stated that his intent was to take Kopechne to a ferry landing and return to his hotel in Edgertown but that he made a wrong turn onto a dirt road leading to the one-lane bridge. The accident made headli...