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| | [[File:Chappaquiddick Kennedy Car 25.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Dyke Bridge at Chappaquiddick Island, with Senator Ted Kennedy's car on the shore below, July 19, 1969]] | | [[File:Chappaquiddick Kennedy Car 25.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Dyke Bridge at Chappaquiddick Island, with Senator Ted Kennedy's car on the shore below, July 19, 1969]] |
| | '''Chappaquiddick''' is the name of a small island, about six square miles, just off of Martha's Vineyard south of [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]]. Most of it is conservation land held by the Trustees of Reservations, a private organization. | | '''Chappaquiddick''' is the name of a small island, about six square miles, just off of Martha's Vineyard south of [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]]. Most of it is conservation land held by the Trustees of Reservations, a private organization. |
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| | + | It was the location of the death on Friday, July 18, 1969, of an attractive young woman after she left a summer party with a powerful married [[Democrat]], Senator [[Ted Kennedy]], who then evaded justice for his crime relating to her death. |
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| | ==The death of Mary Jo Kopechne== | | ==The death of Mary Jo Kopechne== |
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| | It is most famous as the location of an event known as the "Chappaquiddick incident," or simply "Chappaquiddick." The narrow bridge connecting Chappaquiddick Island to Martha's Vineyard was the location of the death of a young woman, [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], in a car driven by Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] on July 19, 1969. This became one of the most famous political events of the late 20th century and likely prevented Ted Kennedy, the brother of [[President John F. Kennedy]], from ever becoming president himself.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/07/16/flashback-john-john-was-no-sun-god-chappaquiddick-was-kopechne-tragedy NewsBusters; Flashback: John John Was No 'Sun God,' Chappaquiddick Was a Kopechne Tragedy]</ref> | | It is most famous as the location of an event known as the "Chappaquiddick incident," or simply "Chappaquiddick." The narrow bridge connecting Chappaquiddick Island to Martha's Vineyard was the location of the death of a young woman, [[Mary Jo Kopechne]], in a car driven by Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] on July 19, 1969. This became one of the most famous political events of the late 20th century and likely prevented Ted Kennedy, the brother of [[President John F. Kennedy]], from ever becoming president himself.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/07/16/flashback-john-john-was-no-sun-god-chappaquiddick-was-kopechne-tragedy NewsBusters; Flashback: John John Was No 'Sun God,' Chappaquiddick Was a Kopechne Tragedy]</ref> |
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| | + | ==Car not fully submerged== |
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| | + | The wheels of the car, a late model Oldsmobile, were indisputably protruding above water at low tide. This rendered absurd Ted Kennedy's account of the incident, as explained here: |
| | + | {{cquote|High tide at Edgartown that night came at 3:54 A.M., and its rise and fall is only 2 feet. The accident, if it occurred around 11:30 P.M., came at about two hours after low tide, and therefore there could not have been much more than 4 feet of water, and perhaps less, at the point where the car lay. The bottom is presumably sandy, since the entire island is made of sand. Senator Kennedy gave credit to Messrs. Markham and Gargan for having "dived" at "risk to their lives" in an attempt to reach Miss Kopechne. It would be more appropriate to refer to wading and stooping.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5270948/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv</ref>}} |
| | ==Kennedy's statement to police== | | ==Kennedy's statement to police== |
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