From: "Judy F." 



Richard B. wrote:


> Mary Jo Kopechne is his drunken legacy.

Interesting place, Chappaquiddick. It's a small pristine island just off
Martha's Vineyard and I loved it there.  There's a ferry that takes you
there...the width between Martha's and Chappy is only about 2 football
length fields. Ferry ride lasts about two minutes.  Breathtaking seashore
national parks and, only one gas station on the island, and maybe a grocery
store and fire station.

Saw the bridge where it all happened.  Hardly any depth of water, but just
enough to cover a car should it plunge in.  The bridge is over a small
waterlet (is there such a word) that leads to a wildlife preserve.
  Maybe they were going bird-watching in the middle of night (not).

  In any case the ferry to and from Martha's Vineyard (where there's a
hospital, doctors' offices, a couple of police stations, several
firehouses, and emergency personnel) stops running about 10 or 11 pm and
doesn't start until the next morning at 6 or 7 am. So if there's a medical
emergency, or any kind of emergency one has to wait until the ferry starts
running before help can arrive.  Mary Jo might have lived if police help
could have been summoned.  In about any other place that would have been
possible.

Judy

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