SENATOR A SYMBOL OF TRAGEDY.Byline: Brian MacQuarrie The Boston Globe On a blissfully beautiful summer day, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy embarked on yet another journey of excruciating sadness Wednesday. For here, in a picturesque harbor of fishing boats and weathered shingles shingles: see herpes zoster. shingles or herpes zoster Acute viral skin and nerve infection. Groups of small blisters appear along certain nerve segments, most often on the back, sometimes after a dull ache at the site; pain becomes , Kennedy boarded a Coast Guard vessel that would bear him to the body of his nephew. After another shocking death, it was yet another time for the patriarch of America's most famous family to bear the burden of personal tragedy with dignity and stoicism Stoicism (stō`ĭsĭzəm), school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium (in Cyprus) c.300 B.C. The first Stoics were so called because they met in the Stoa Poecile [Gr. . After four days of dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. hope and mournful mourn·ful adj. 1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful. 2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy: the mournful sound of a train whistle. vigil, John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Jr.'s body, along with those of his wife and her sister, had finally been found on the ocean floor. The elder Kennedy, as he had done so often before, roused himself amid his grief and strode into the public eye to do the family's sorrowful sor·row·ful adj. Affected with, marked by, causing, or expressing sorrow. See Synonyms at sad. sor  row·ful·ly adv. business. As oblivious tourists crowded the beach and snack shops here, a Coast Guard helicopter swept low over the cottages, brush and salt marshes of Menemsha to deliver Kennedy and two of his sons to the Coast Guard station. From there, the Kennedys were driven 100 yards down a winding access road to the tip of a long wharf Long Wharf may refer to:
Escorted by uniformed state troopers, the family members strode purposely and at a slightly quickened pace to the Coast Guard vessel Menemsha. Once on board, the Kennedys took cover in the boat's cabin as it left the wooden dock and dozens of startled star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. onlookers for a 45-minute trip to the USS USS abbr. 1. United States Senate 2. United States ship USS abbr (= United States Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine Grasp, a salvage ship positioned above John Kennedy's body and the shattered fuselage of his single-engine aircraft. Onlookers said the Coast Guard widened a broad security zone around the recovery scene even farther just before Kennedy's arrival. Donny Brice, a 35-year-old restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur n. The manager or owner of a restaurant. [French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. from neighboring West Tisbury, had just returned by boat from the perimeter of the salvage site when Kennedy boarded the Menemsha. He said he passed an eight-boat flotilla of speeding law-enforcement craft culled from the Coast Guard, Massachusetts State Police and state Department of Environmental Management. On the docks, word of Kennedy's presence spread quickly among dozens of print and broadcast media, who hastily assembled TV cameras and still-photograph vantage points in case Kennedy chose to return to Menemsha. The mix of reporters and tourists proved to be an uneasy one, and Menemsha's link to the Kennedy tragedy dampened the day's plans for some. Paul and Marion McCauley of Marblehead had driven to Menemsha from their vacation residence on Chappaquiddick Island to lunch on lobster rolls and enjoy the beach. But seeing Kennedy changed those plans, and other thoughts about how to spend their 15th annual vacation on Martha's Vineyard. ``We thought we'd have a sunset cookout on Menemsha, but tonight doesn't look like the right night,'' Marion McCauley said. ``No,'' her husband said, peering toward the ocean where Kennedy had just ventured. ``No, it doesn't.'' Through the years, the image of Ted Kennedy - his head bowed, his face tight with grief - has been a bitter symbol of another tragedy befallen a family who has endured so much. The renewal of that grim responsibility Wednesday saddened visitors and Vineyarders alike. ``It's so sad,'' Brice said. ``What a day for Ted, to go see his beautiful nephew. I'm not a Ted Kennedy fan, to be honest with you, but I feel for him today. The poor guy.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, take a grim ride on the recovery ship USS Grasp off Martha's Vineyard. Charles Krupa/Associated Press (2 -- color) A Coast Guard vessel, in the rear, carries the bodies of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and sister-in-law. Jim Cole/Associated Press |
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