16 year-old Tony Zappone presents his Tampa photos of John F. Kennedy to the President's brother, Robert F. Kennedy.
(PHOTO COURTESY TONY ZAPPONE)
Tampa has never been silenced by anything of the like sense. Because he had just been here, most of us felt like he had come to somehow, in some way, say goodbye.
For those who were not alive then or too young to remember, the events were unfathomable.
For those of us who were there and do recall, the memories of both his life and death can never be shaken from our consciousness and the passing of time has been of little use in that regard.
Nine months to the day following JFK’s visit to Tampa, I would be with his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, at his Washington office in the Justice Department to present him with copies of my pictures of that special November day in Tampa.
16 year-old Tony Zappone presents his Tampa photos of John F. Kennedy to the
President's brother,
Robert F. Kennedy.
(PHOTO COURTESY TONY ZAPPONE)
RFK graciously accepted my contribution but you could tell he was still deeply affected by the loss of his brother. Four years later he, too, would be killed by an assassin’s bullet while running for president.
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