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On the evening of June 5, after celebrating a primary victory, Bobby Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a deeply troubled young man. The assassination shocked the nation and ripped through the Kennedy family once again, echoing the grief from John F. Kennedy’s assassination just five years prior. Just moments after Bobby delivered a hopeful speech, he was brutally gunned down, and the chaos that ensued in that moment was both frenzied and tragic.
Ethel Kennedy’s immediate reaction was one of desperate urgency as she attempted to reach her husband in a sea of chaos and confusion. The haunting imagery of Ethel kneeling in her husband's blood, imploring those around her to give him space to breathe, exemplified the profound personal loss experienced at that moment.