![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mum-told-me-a-bad-man-shot-uncle-jack-when-i-was-9-says-robert-f-kennedy-jr/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/democratic-presidential-candidate-robert-f-835920261.jpg&description=EVERYONE remembers where they were when John F Kennedy was shot, it is said. But for the President's nine-year-old nephew, it was a crushing moment that helped to define his future . 6 Robert F Kennedy Jr can vividly recall being told about the death of his presidential uncle Credit: Getty In an exclusive interview, Robert F Kennedy Jr recalls how his mother, Ethel, picked him up from school on the day of the assassination as the American flag outside was lowered in respect for the man he called Uncle Jack. He says: 'While we were leaving, we saw a man in front of the school lowering the flag to half-mast. "I asked my mother why he was doing that. And she said that a bad man had shot my uncle, Uncle Jack.' Now, 60 years on, RFK Jr is embarking on a remarkable presidential run of his own. And after both his uncle and father were assassinated during their political careers, he is the first to admit that there are 'risks'. But he believes his rich life experience — which includes grappling with a 'conning, baffling, powerful' drug addiction — makes him perfectly placed to take on the White House. His uncle's tragic slaying by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963, remains immersed in a tangle of conspiracy theories . And today he reveals that his own father and JFK's brother, the politician and massive civil rights campaigner Robert F Kennedy, initially suspected an inside job. Kennedy Jr, 69, said: 'My father that day, the first call he made was to the CIA desk chief and he asked him, 'Did your people do this?'. That was his first thought.' When young Robert and his mother returned to their Virginia mansion, he found his father in the garden with the then-director of the CIA, John McCone. After interrogating the intelligence chief, Robert Sr ran up to the family and held them in an emotional embrace. 'EMPTY SPACE INSIDE' Kennedy Jr recalls: 'We hugged my dad because we could see how upset he was, that he was destroyed. It took him many, many months to recover. He wal){kind=link}
EVERYONE remembers where they were when John F Kennedy was shot, it is said.
But for the President’s nine-year-old nephew, it was a crushing moment that helped to define his future.
In an exclusive interview, Robert F Kennedy Jr recalls how his mother, Ethel, picked him up from school on the day of the assassination as the American flag outside was lowered in respect for the man he called Uncle Jack.
He says: “While we were leaving, we saw a man in front of the school lowering the flag to half-mast.
“I asked my mother why he was doing that. And she said that a bad man had shot my uncle, Uncle Jack.”