Special to El Rrun-Rrun
RIPIn a dimly lit hallway over 57 years ago a 17 year old Mexican American busboy named Juan Romero cradled his hand behind the neck of a fatally wounded United States senator and Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy.
With the senator's last breath he whispered to the young man,
"Things will be OK."
Juan took rosary beads out of his pocket and shoved them into the hand of the dying senator in a last act of kindness before Robert Kennedy was whisked away.
In this cold hallway of death in 1968 this poor 17 year old Mexican American high school kid comforted a dying presidential candidate from one of the wealthiest families in the United States. Juan had met the senator the day before while delivering room service and said, "He looked right through me. He didn't see race."
Juan Romero passed away away in 2018, at 68.
As the fabric of American unity tears under the strain of political division I can't help but recall Robert Kennedy's last words. "Things will be OK".
I might believe that if there were more poor like Juan Romero and wealthy like Robert Kennedy who shared the same vision for America, "Has anybody here seen my old friend Robert? Can you tell me where he's gone? He freed a lot of people but the good they say die young. I just looked around and he was gone".
Rest in peace Juan Romero. You were more American then as a poor 17 year Mexican American busboy than most United States senators are today.
5 comments:
The Kennedys wouldn't be accepted in today's Democratic party.
Funny! Hitler would be endorsed by Trump and the Israeli government. He'd be a perfect fit for today's Republican and Miliekowsky's Likud Party.
Robert Kennedy walked with
Cesar Chavez when he broke his fast. Trump would have
lobbed false charges to send him to Nicaragua.
Different time and place in history. Will never know will we.
funny the Kennedys made their money bootlegging!!!
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