The busboy who tried to help a wounded Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 dies.

[VOX]

His life was haunted by the violence of that night, and what it meant in a broader context.
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-rfk-busboy-10032018-story.html
Los Angeles Times
By Steve Lopez
October 3, 2018
Juan Romero struggled for decades with a memory he could not escape.
He left Los Angeles and moved to Wyoming, later came back west and settled in San Jose, raised a family and devoted himself to construction work.
 But still he was haunted by what happened just after midnight June 5, 1968, when he was on duty as a busboy at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard near Koreatown. That was the night an assassin took aim at Robert F. Kennedy, a candidate for president of the United States. Romero, just 17 at the time, squatted next to the fallen U.S. senator, cradled Kennedy’s head, and tried to help him up before realizing how gravely wounded Kennedy was.


The photos of that moment, with confusion and despair in Romero’s young, dark eyes, made for searing portraits of 1960s upheaval and followed by two months the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and by five years the assassination of RFK’s brother, President John F. Kennedy.
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[Grassy Knoll]

1. I Wish I Didn't Remember This n/t

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Image from childhood. Peace to his family.

[MontanaMama]

3. Very moving story.

Safe home, Juan Romero.

[VOX]

6. Reading this, I thought of Juan as a comforting presence in the face of something so horrific.

As if he was somehow “selected” to assist RFK’s passage from this world (he never regained consciousness, and died the following day).

And Juan had to carry that, every day of his life after June 5, 1968— 50+ years.

[smirkymonkey]

4. So sad.

Bless you Juan Romero.

[montana_hazeleyes]

5. Rest In Peace dear man.

[Pachamama]

7. Such a haunting image....

the moment captured in the photo will live forever....

I read an interview with Juan Romero years ago when he visited Kennedy's grave at Arlington Cemetery. The events that brought those two together transformed him and was with him forever....

[Raine]

8. Sad news

I hope that he has the peace in eternity that he didn't have in life...

[Tom Rinaldo]

9. A lovely tribute song to Juan (pre-dates his untimely death)

[montana_hazeleyes]

10. I have never seen this before.

Thank you for posting.