Stan Chambers talks about his report on the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the brother of John F. Kennedy. He talks about his experience of that fateful night when Robert Kennedy was killed.
Transcription
That was a really incredible thing. Kennedy had put on a great campaign in southern California and that night was election night and Kennedy was doing very well. We were at the ambassador hotel, Kennedy had just given his thank you speech, victory speech and all those wonderful things. His friends, his supporters and as he, this is where it all happened and he went back to finish his speech and went into the kitchen area, and there he was shot and badly wounded. And we were live. We didn�t get to see the shooting because it was in the adjacent room but we were there at the moment where everybody in the coconut grove, heard that terrible shot. Robert Kennedy had been shot and was in serious condition. So we had that explosion of emotion, how could that happen? And that was a powerful thing. We were on the air for hours and hours and he did die and we were still on the air. It was a very emotional thing.
Stan Chambers has been with KTLA nearly as long as it has been on the air -- 60 years! And in a major market like Los Angeles, where news personalities come and go almost as quickly as one switches channels, such longevity is no small accomplishment. In six decades of reporting for KTLA, Stan has covered every major news event in and around L.A., including political elections, floods, earthquakes, human tragedies, riots, assassinations and fires.
