Public turnout at Kennedy viewing ‘overwhelming’
As she took clothing, blankets and other supplies to a high school for people whose homes had been damaged in Boston’s great blizzard of 1978, she tripped over a snow bank. A pair of hands helped her to her feet. It was Kennedy, who had been walking behind her.
“He said to me, ‘What can I do to help you?’” she said. “Then he thanked me and my family.”