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able te gain entren( @re the car itse1f.lh/ ‘a = Q: And did he talk to you about his experiefice in trying to ' get into the car? A: Well, I was unable to, being exhausted, to get into the ; water, but I g uld see exactly what was happening and made some - suggestions.15/ _ Q: {So that you were participating in the rescue efforts? A: | Well. to that extent. Q: § Did you have any idea how long Mary Jo had been in the water - A: Well, I knew that some time had passed. Q: Was it fair to sdy that she had been in the water about an hour? A: Yes, it is. Q: Was there any effort made to call for assistance? A: Wo, other than the assistance of Mr. Gargan and Mr. Markham. _° Q@: Was there any reason why no additional assistance was asked for? A: Was there any reason? 16/ Q: Yes, was there any particular reason why you did not call" either the police or the fire department? A: Well, I intended to report it to the police. . _ THE COURT: That is not quite responsive to the questic... THE WITNESS: I intended to call for assistance and to re- port the accident to the police within a few short moments af- ter going back into the car. . Q: And did something prevent this? A: Yes. Q: What was that? ” , ‘A: With the Court's indulgence, to prevent this, if the Court * would permit me I would like to be able to relate to the Court the immediate perivad following the time that Mr. Gargan, Markham and I got back in the car. THE COURT: I have no objection. .. THE WITNESS: Responding to the question of the District At- torney-~at some time, I believe it was about 45 minutes after Gargan and Markham dove, they likewise became exhausted and no further diving efforts appeared to be of any avail and they so indicated to me and I agreed. So they came out of the water and came back into the car and said to me, Mr. Markham and Mr. Gargan at different times as we drove down the road towards the ferry that it was necessary to report this accident. A lot of different thoughts came into my mind at that time about how I was going to really to be able to call Mrs. Kopechne at some time in the middle of the night to tell her that her daughter was drowned, to be able to call my own mother and my own father, relate to them, my wife, and I even--even though I knew that Mary Jo Kopechne was dead and believed firmly that she was in - the back of that car [P] I willed that she remain alive. ih/ But was somehow unable to establish contact with Mary Jo? 35/ Renenber the "pitch blacmmess" he claimed a few minutes ago while under water himself, desvite the headlights being on? 16/ Ancther of those complex and abstruse questions from Hr. Dinis. 17/ Rather than calling for professional help? uae yf