On June 4, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy pulled his 12-year-old son David out of a dangerous undertow at Malibu. That same night, David watched on television as his father was shot.

This is the true story of David Anthony Kennedy — the fourth child of Robert and Ethel Kennedy — and the 16 years that followed: the Nantucket Jeep crash, Harvard, a robbery in a Harlem drug hotel, and his final days at the Brazilian Court Hotel in Palm Beach in April 1984.

The Kennedy son history forgot.

⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 The Day His Father Saved Him
1:06 The Fourth Child of RFK & Ethel
2:37 June 1968: The Longest Day
4:15 The Subject No One Discussed
5:56 The Crash on Nantucket (1973)
6:56 Harvard & the Hotel in Harlem
8:37 "The Designated Sick One"
9:43 Easter in Palm Beach, 1984
11:38 The Investigation
12:30 Coming Home
13:15 The Question That Was Never Answered

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📚 SOURCES
TIME Magazine archive (1984), UPI Archives (1984), The Washington Post archive (1979), The Kennedys: An American Drama by Peter Collier & David Horowitz (1984), Sacramento Bee interview (1982).

⚠️ This video is a documentary based on published news reports and books. Some accounts come from the authors and sources named on screen. Archival images are used for educational and commentary purposes.

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