As America mourns the passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy on August 25, 2009 – one question lingers and will forever be left unanswered: What really happened that fateful night on July 18, 1969 in Chappaquiddick, Martha’s Vineyard? The victim of the incident, 28-year old Mary Jo Kopechne couldn’t speak for herself, she drowned that night. Ted Kennedy, who could have had the opportunity to re-tell the whole story truthfully in the remaining days of his life- opted to carry the truth to his grave. Hence, one of the biggest mysteries and unexplained stories in US politics lives on.

In brief: Senator Ted Kennedy then 38 years old, after an evening of partying and drinking drove his black Oldsmobile sedan off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. He had one passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. Somehow, he managed to escape and swam to safety. He went back to his hotel and never called authorities until after Kopechne’s body was discovered the following day. Two fishermen found the submerged overturned car and notified a resident living nearby who then called the police.

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