5. "I'm not afraid to be afraid" - so said R. Kennedy shortly before his death. After John's death, he must have decided to challenge fate at every turn. The new misfortune in the family only added to the desperation: eight months after the tragedy in Dallas, Edward Kennedy was involved in a plane crash, two passengers on the plane were killed, Edward received a serious spinal injury and only a few months later he was able to get back on his feet, but from now on he had to wear a special corset. Journalist W. Shannon asked Robert if his faith in God had been shaken by the death of two older brothers and the injury of the younger. "I didn't hesitate," he replied, " of course, we sometimes think that someone out there in heaven is sometimes napping when it would be necessary to do business." In the last years of his life, Robert often went on escapades, difficult and dangerous for a forty-year-old man. There was a sickly sense of urgency, of urgency. "It seemed so," journalist X remarked. He slides into a terrible abyss, into an impending catastrophe. He was eager to do and try everything. That's when he started using a boat to cross the rapids and climb the mountains." Far from being a first-class climber, he has climbed the highest undefeated peak in North America, Mount Kennedy (4 thousand meters). m), named in memory of his brother. This was a dangerous undertaking: the steep mountain is located almost in the Arctic region of Canada. "I did it because I'm afraid of heights," Robert explained. Another challenge he put himself through in the tropics: in 1965, he jumped from a boat into the waters of the Amazon, teeming with predatory piranha fish. The Indians screamed in horror that he was risking his life. "Have you ever heard of an American senator being eaten by piranhas?" Robert shouted from the water and continued swimming. These were acts of self-affirmation. R. Kennedy was well aware that physical courage alone was not enough to advance. When he was the Minis ... Read more