ホアン・ロメロの墓参り

　今更ながらですが、2010年11月21日のLos Angeles Timesに、RFKがアンバサダーホテルで撃たれた際に、彼の頭を支えていたバスボーイのホアン・ロメロが、ついにボビーの墓参りに行ったという小さな記事を見つけたので、ここに記録として貼り付けます。

　記事の見出しは「Kneeling again next to RFK　Juan Romero visits Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery」
　
　記者は　STEVE LOPEZ　です。

　As a skinny teenage busboy, Juan Romero knelt beside a mortally wounded Bobby Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel. On Saturday morning, more than 42 years later, he knelt again, this time beside RFK's grave on what would have been Kennedy's 85th birthday.

　Romero was wearing a suit for the first time in his life, saying it was the proper way to show his respect for a man whose memory he has tried to honor by living a life of tolerance and humility.

　Getting up the courage to visit Arlington National Cemetery was not easy for Romero, a construction worker from San Jose who has been haunted for decades by the events of June 5, 1968. Under a soft blue sky, with fall colors exploding across the velvety slopes of the cemetery, Romero walked off to be alone and have one last good cry before visiting the grave.

　"Sorry," he apologized to his daughter, Elda, and friend, Rigo Chacon, who had made the trip with him from California. "If I can get it out of the way now...." Maybe a good cry would help him keep his composure, he said, when he finally stood at the grave.

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　この右の人がホアン・ロメロさん。この時彼は17歳だった。