Âé¶¹Éç

Use Âé¶¹Éç.com or the new Âé¶¹Éç App to listen to Âé¶¹Éç podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

World Service,1 min

This photograph changed Juan Romero’s life

Boston Calling

Available for over a year

On the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968, a photographer caught an image of the presidential candidate just after he was shot. In it, a young hotel worker named Juan Romero cradles Kennedy's head, looking up, stunned. At the time, Romero was just 17-years old. That night, that photo, and everything that followed changed his life forever. Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez tells us his story. (Robert Kennedy awaits medical assistance as he lies on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments after he was shot. Juan Romero, a busboy, comforts him. Credit: Boris Yaro/Ullstein Bild/Getty Images)

Programme Website
More episodes