JFK Jr’s body was almost lost at sea after he died in a horror plane crash as crews almost gave up the search for him on the ocean floor, the rescue team’s leader revealed.
The son of the slain president went missing on the night of July 16, 1999, when a small plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.
Kennedy, his wife Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren were all killed in the tragic crash, sparking one of the largest maritime rescue missions for private citizens in US history.
The search failed to show any sign of the three
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