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A Roosevelt High School student who had moved north from Mexico at the age of 10, Romero recalled the photos of President John F. Canada Goose online Kennedy that hung alongside those of Pope John XXIII in the homes of Mexican families.

He worked at the hotel after school and had delivered room service to Kennedy earlier in the Canada Goose sale week. He knew he’d never forget the way Kennedy treated him and the pride he felt, and now he wanted to congratulate him as the candidate canada goose factory sale made his way through a kitchen service area. Romero reached out, took Kennedy’s hand, and watched him slump to the floor as gun blasts echoed.

The black and white photos of that moment, by Boris Yaro of the Los Angeles Times and Bill Eppridge of Life magazine, are as haunting now as they were 47 years ago.

RFK, who for many people represented hope for social justice, racial tolerance and an end to the war in Vietnam, lies on his back, limbs splayed. Romero squats at his side in white service jacket, a young witness to horror, his hand cradling Kennedy’s head.

“I wanted to protect his head from the cold concrete,” says Romero, who went to school the next day with Kennedy’s blood crusted under his fingernails, refusing to wash it away.

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He spoke to me canada goose coats each time about his regrets, his sense of duty to the Kennedy legacy, and a lingering feeling of guilt. I told him there was no uk canada goose outlet rational reason to feel guilty.

buy canada goose jacket But the shooting had wounded his psyche. On far too many nights he lay awake wondering if Kennedy would still be alive if he hadn’t paused to shake a busboy’s hand. buy canada goose jacket

Two years ago, Zwiener came upon my column canada goose coats on sale about Romero’s visit to Arlington. She wrote to me saying she was touched by his humanity, and didn’t believe he needed to ask Kennedy’s forgiveness, as he had that day in Arlington. Not long after that, Zwiener sent Romero a message.

buy canada goose jacket cheap Many have reached out to Romero over the years, and canada goose uk black friday he appreciated their concern but wondered as to their motives. He didn’t want pats on the back he didn’t feel he deserved, or comments that stoked his own second guessing of his actions that night. He hoped Zwiener wasn’t yet another “somebody who wants to feel sorry canada goose outlet for me.” buy canada goose jacket cheap

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One day, while visiting his mother in Tulare, his guilt surfaced again while he spoke to Zwiener by phone. He said she comforted him by saying that in some of the photos, taken just moments after the shooting, the shoes of bystanders can be seen at a safe distance from Kennedy. But there’s Juan, who didn’t take cover, trying to help a man in need.

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Zwiener worried about Romero’s ability to handle the visit. As they approached, she trembled, but was relieved to see that even though Romero wept quietly, he was OK.

On another day Zwiener carried a book that had those iconic photos of Romero at the Ambassador the photos he had glanced at once or twice in nearly half a century, but never studied. She turned to the photos and buy canada goose jacket described what she saw.

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Romero has always believed the best way to honor Kennedy is to live a life of tolerance, to work Canada Goose Jackets hard, to take care of family, and to not be a burden.

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