The Lion of the Senate, Edward Kennedy

A tow truck pulls Ted Kennedy's car out of Poucha Pond after the Senator's infamous accident on Chappaquiddick Island, which resulted in the death of a former staff member, Mary Jo Kopechne.
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Chappaquiddick
A tow truck pulls Kennedy's car out of Poucha Pond after the Senator's infamous accident on Chappaquiddick Island, which resulted in the death of a former staff member, Mary Jo Kopechne.

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