A sad state of affairs ( pun intended)

The night of July 18, 1969 was a typical balmy summer night. They were honoring the young woman at a party. It was her “15 minutes of fame”. Some of the elite of the area surrounded her. The alcohol flowed and the party was something to behold. She was to celebrate her 29th birthday in 8 days. She had no way of knowing she would die that night and never make it to age 29. While sad to lose someone so young and talented it is even worse to think of the horrible death she suffered.
The car went off the bridge and plunged into the water. We can only hope she was unconscious as she went deeper into the darkness of the pond.
The owner of the vehicle rose to the top of the water and looked around for his passenger. He dove into the water after not seeing her but it was too dark to see anything. He decided she, too, must have rose to the top and was hiding. Surely, she was just playing a joke on him. According to him, he climbed out of the water and walked back to the party. His memory blurs as he tries to recall what happened for the next nine hours but he remembers calling the young woman's parents to make sure she was home safe. We all know now that she didn’t go home. We know she wasn’t playing a joke and we know she will never go home again. We don’t know what his intentions were when they left the party. We only know he is a married, affluent, influential man who was with a woman young enough to be his daughter after partying and drinking with her. One can only imagine what was in store for her if she had lived to find out. We also know, no matter what he intended, he put himself in a compromising situation and a young woman died because of his drinking and reckless behavior. The young woman is Mary Jo Kopeckne. The owner of the vehicle and her coffin is Senator Ted Kennedy. “Sleeping in the bushes Teddy” I like to call him. He is an immoral, alcoholic, womanizer. The fact he is suffering from brain cancer is not a basis for forgiveness it is his Kopeckne comeuppance. Sorry if I seem cold but I’m certain Mary Jo’s body was cold lying at the bottom of Poucha pond below Dyke Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. A bridge Kennedy later bought and put in his back yard as a memento. I remember Mary Jo every time I see Senator Kennedy sitting on the Senate “ETHICS” committee and today my memory was once again jogged as England bestowed knighthood upon him.
I’m not a huge fan of Pete Rose but you have to wonder where our priorities are when we refuse to allow a ball player entrance into the baseball hall of fame because he made a wager ON HIS OWN team while we praise a political murderer because the Queen of England makes him an honorary knight.
Who knows Mary Jo? Maybe your knight in shining armor will be by your side before you know it.