In letter to newspaper, cousin says she hopes Mary Jo Kopechne and Ted Kennedy are ‘at peace’
By APTuesday, September 1, 2009
Cousin hopes Mary Jo Kopechne, Kennedy ‘at peace’
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A cousin of the woman who died in Ted Kennedy’s car on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969 says she hopes the late senator and her cousin are “now at peace.”
Mary Jo Kopechne’s (koh-PECK’-nee) cousin Georgetta Potoski, of Plymouth, Pa., offered her thoughts in a letter to a Pennsylvania newspaper.
The letter, published Tuesday, says: “So many American memories are tied up with the Kennedy family. Good memories of space walks and civil rights, John-John and Caroline, touch football and the beauty and dignity of Jackie. And, of course, Chappaquiddick.”
Kennedy drove off a bridge into a pond on Chappaquiddick Island, Mass. He swam to safety while Kopechne drowned. He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and got a suspended sentence and probation.
Information from: Times Leader, www.timesleader.com
