![]() ![]() That was the beginning."ĭavison took early retirement from teaching English in Connecticut and moved to Wilmington in 2005, after her son had finished his freshman year at UNCW. "They started saying 'you better get over there'. "Somebody from the island called, since he was a stringer for the Cape Cod News," Davison remembers of that night. Damore went on to cover the story, and later wrote a best-selling book about what happened that night, and in the years to follow. ![]() Davison says the couple never made it to dinner. Damore was an award-winning reporter/columnist for the area's weekly newspaper, The Cape Cod News. June Davison and her then-boyfriend Leo Damore were about to go to dinner that night when the phone rang. Mary Jo Kopechne, a young senate aide riding with Kennedy, drowned in the overturned vehicle. ![]() Kennedy escaped the submerged car and made his way to the shore. Late in the evening of July 18, 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy's car ran off a bridge and plunged into the water on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. WILMINGTON, NC (UNCW News Release) - The release of the new movie "Chappaquiddick" is refocusing the spotlight on a tragic incident that happened almost a half-century ago involving one of America's premiere political families. You can listen to previous episodes of the free "1on1 with Jon Evans" podcast by clicking links inside this story. ![]()
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