three children without him, it seems almost impossible. reporter: as the media storm began to swirl around her, marie tippet found her thoughts going to the one person who could truly understand her ordeal, jacqueline kennedy. certainly sympathize with her. reporter: the two young widows saw their husbands laid to rest on the same day and somehow in the midst of her grief, first lady found time to write a condolence letter to marie tippet, this never before seen letter was as direct as it was unexpected. dear mrs. tippet, what can i say to you? my husband s death is responsible for you losing your husband. wasn t one life enough to take on that day? i lit a flame for jack at arlington that will burn forever. i consider that it burns for your husband too and so will everyone who ever sees it. with my unexpressible sympathy,
in fact, with three children, without him it seemed almost impossible. reporter: as the media storm began to swirl around her, marie tippet found her thoughts going to the one person who could truly understand her ordeal, jacqueline kennedy. i can sympathize with her. reporter: the two young widows had their husbands laid to rest on the same day and somehow in the midst of her grief the first lady found time to write a condolence letter to marie phipppet. this never before seen letter was as direct as expected. dear mrs. tippet, what can i say to you? my husband s death is responsible for you losing your husband. wasn t one life enough to take on that day? i lit a flame for jack at arlington that will burn forever. i consider it burns for your husband, too. and so will everyone whoever sees it with my unexpressible
teacher, a great historian. he said to me once, bobby said, the united states is the only country in history that believes it was born perfect and strives for improvement. you talk of jackie kennedy. tom brokaw had an extraordinary interview with the widow of the police officer slain that day, never before seen letter. let me play a bit of this where tom brokaw is reading that letter from jackie kennedy to mrs. tip pet. what can i say to you, my husband s death is responsible for you losing your husband. wasn t one life enough to take on that day? i lit a flame for jack at arlington that will burn forever. i consider that it burns for your husband too and so will everyone who ever sees it. with my unexpressible sympathy, jacqueline kennedy. this is the thing you always want is somebody just to