[doug from upland]

- Farrar repeatedly expressed the opinion that Mary Jo Kopechne had lived for some time underwater by breathing a bubble of trapped air, and that she could have been saved if rescue personnel had been promptly called to the scene. He had equipment to administer air to a trapped person directly or to augment an air pocket inside a submerged automobile.
- "There was a great possibility that we could have saved Mary Jo's life," Farrar said. "There would have been an airlock in the car - there always is in such submersions - that would have kept her alive. If we had been called, I would have reached the scene in 45 minutes. I say 45 minutes because it was dark. ( The daylight recovery had taken 30 minutes ). The lack of light might have caused a delay of 15 minutes."

[CAluvdubya]

What I have never understood is how teddy boy could hold his head up and try to act now like the leader of his broken, run down party. He should be in jail. If they can nail Michael Skakel ( a cousin), they can nail teddy. No statute of limitations on murder!!

[silent_jonny]

They found Mary Jo in the backseat of the car with her face pressed to the floorboards; her lips were pulled back, frozen in a snarl as she gasped her last breaths. Nice. If Kennedy were any kind of man (and not concerned with covering his own ass) then he could've freed Mary Jo himself. The car wasn't fully submerged. The whole rear-end was sticking out of the water.