Original Video: Remembering ‘My Senator’
Published August 28, 2009 UPDATED 8:25 AM
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BOSTON — For people in Massachusetts, the loss of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is personal. We spoke to a few of the thousands of mourners who gathered to pay respects at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Dorchester, where Sen. Kennedy’s body lay in repose Thursday.
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Edward M. Kennedy, 1932—2009
Kennedy in 2006 (AP)
Edward M. Kennedy, who represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate for 46 years and made a deeply personal connection to millions of Americans, died Aug. 25, 2009, after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. He was 77.
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