The Daily History Chronicle

On July 18, 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and Mary Jo Kopechne never made it out of the car. What happened in the water may never be fully known, but what happened in the ten hours afterward is a matter of public record, and it raises questions about power, delay, and self-preservation that outlasted the senator himself. This episode holds the documented timeline, the unresolved gaps, and the woman too often left out of her own story.