files. citing identifiable national security, law enforcement and foreign affairs concerns. this is a huge disappointment and a total mess. i mean, you can t imagine a more disorderly release of these documents about a turning point in american history. reporter: even as many viewed that day as the end of camelot, today a family of political tradition continues. jfk s daughter caroline was ambassador to japan under president obama. former massachusetts senator ted kennedy s son ted kennedy jr. now a state senator in connecticut. bobdy conditiondy s grandson joe kennedy iii a massachusetts congressman and jfk s name sake, grandson jack, a yale grad who didn t rule out following in his grandfather s footsteps. the favorite speech is explaining to america why we should go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy. but because they are hard.
the ashes of john, caroline and lauren are scattered at sea. a private memorial mass is held in new york. it seems to fall to ted kennedy he must eulogize everyone who is taken too soon. i think the most difficult moment of that funeral service was teddy s final eulogy when he said john had every gift but length of years. that single line encapsulated the tragedy on a personal level, but also what a tragedy it was for what could have been for the country. come to my window ohh crawl inside
maybe, maybe not. come on, john. no one has ever asked me that question before. i m so original, aren t i? in 1999 john jr. pilots his own plane to his custom s wedding on cape cod. with him are his sister-in-law lauren and his wife caroline. he had only been flying solo for a relatively short time. he was late in leaving. it became dark as he flew from the new york city area. my team from cnn called me to say that john kennedy s plane is missing. i was beside myself, like all his friends, all his family. search and rescue units marshalled all their resources. after a five-day search, navy divers recover three bodies coast of martha s vineyard.e
to northern ireland. jack and jackie s daughter caroline became the u.s. ambassador to japan. i m also proud to carry forward my father s ligcy of public zbloofrs you have joseph kennedy ii, bobby and ethyl s oldest son serving a number of terms in congress, along with sousin patrick. kathleen kennedy townsend was the mayor of you have a launch of another political career in illinois. it would not be possible to write a complete history of modern america without talking about the kennedys and the contribution that they made. but let us not forget they were not angels. when asked by the newspaperman this afternoon what the chances were of apiecement. they had all sorts of flaws, some of them very serious flaws. they have had more than their share of scandals and done some terrible things. some might think it right for me to resign.
peace to northern ireland. jack and jackie s daughter caroline became the u.s. ambassador to japan. i m also proud to carry forward my father s legacy of public service. you have joseph kennedy ii, bobby and ethel s oldest son who served a number of terms in congress, along with his cousin patrick. kathleen kennedy townsend who was a lieutenant governor of maryland. you have christopher kennedy, son of robert kennedy launching his political career in illinois. it would not be possible to write a complete history of modern america without talking about the kennedys and the contribution that they made. but let us not forget they were not angels. when asked by the newspaperman this afternoon what the chances were of appeasement. they had all sorts of flaws, some of them very, very serious flaws. they have had more than their share of scandals and done some terrible things. some might think it right for me to resign.