MORNING. JACKIE KENNEDY WAS A SYMBOL OF
GRIEF AFTER JFK'S ASSASSINATION. >> SHE WAS PRIVATE, OF COURSE.
WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HER LIFE FROM HER LONG-TIME PERSONAL
ASSISTANT, KATHY McKEON. IT HIGHLIGHTS EVERYTHING FROM
THE FIRST LADY'S PARENTING TO HER TRIPS TO THE KITCHEN FOR ICE
CREAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WE SIT DOWN WITH KATHY FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.
>> I LOVED HER. SHE LOVED ME.
WE WERE BUDDY-BUDDIES. >> Reporter: KATHY McKEON WAS
WITH JACKIE KENNEDY IN HER DIFFICULT DAYS.
JACKIE, A YOUNG WOMAN OF 34, WAS FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
IN NEW YORK WITH HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, CAROLINE 7, AND JOHN
JUST 4. KATHY WAS 19, AND INTERVIEWING
FOR A JOB WITH THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS LITTLE BY COMES DOWN THE HALLWAY WITH
HIS DOG. AND HE SAYS, MY NAME IS JOHN.
AND I SAID, MY NAME IS KATHY. HE SAID, DO YOU WANT TO SEE MY
DOG DOING A TRICK? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR DOG
DOING A TRICK. HE PUT THE BONE IN THERE AND
SAYS, GO. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS LADY
COMES IN. YOU KNOW, AT THE DOOR.
SHE SAYS, JOHN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE RUINING MY COUCH. AND SHE SAID, I'M MRS. KENNEDY.
YOUR NAME IS KATHY, RIGHT? I SAID, YES.
SHE SAID, WHEN CAN YOU START? >> Reporter: THAT FAST.
>> I WAS READY TO HAVE HER SIT DOWN AND HAVE A BIG CHAT WITH
ME. NO.
>> Reporter: LITTLE JOHN AND HIS DOG TRICKS HELPED YOU.
>> HE INTERVIEWED ME WITH HIS DOG.
>> Reporter: KATHY LIVED WITH JACKIE ON FIFTH AVENUE FOR THE
NEXT SEVEN YEARS, RARELY LEAVING HER SIDE.
YOU SAW A SIDE OF JACKIE KENNEDY, THAT FEW PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE SEEN. YOU SAW JACKIE AT HOME.
>> I SEEN JACKIE AT HOME, YES. >> Reporter: WHAT IS THAT JACKIE
LIKE? >> SHE WAS VERY, VERY POLITE.
VERY SWEET. VERY KIND.
>> Reporter: WHEN CAROLINE AND JOHN'S NANNY HAD TIME OFF, KAT
HELPED CARE FOR THE KIDS. LITTLE CAROLINE ASKED KAT THE
QUESTION WHISPERED BY SO MANY AMERICANS AT THAT TIME.
>> WHERE WERE YOU WHEN MY FATHER WAS KILLED?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN NEW YORK. I WAS IN IRELAND.
WHERE WERE YOU? SHE SAID, I WAS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE. SHE SAID, I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT
HAPPENED TO MY FATHER. I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO
MY FATHER. HE WAS SUCH A GOOD MAN.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY'S HEARTBREAK WAS EASED BY A
DEVOTED UNCLE AND FRIEND, BOBBY KENNEDY, STRUGGLING WITH HIS OWN
LOSS. HE LIVED WITH HIS FAMILY JUST
BLOCKED AWAY. WHAT WAS THEIR RELATIONSHIP
LIKE, JACKIE AND BOBBY KENNEDY? >> VERY CLOSE.
BUT GOOD, GOOD FRIENDS. HE CAME TO SEE THE KIDS ALL THE
TIME. THEY LOVED HIM.
THEY LOVED HIM. >> Reporter: AND THEN, THE
UNTHINKABLE. FIVE YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF
JOHN KENNEDY, BOBBY KENNEDY WAS GUNNED DOWN.
KAT MOURNED WITH THE FAMILY ON THE TRAIN CARRYING THEIR UNCLE'S
BODY TO WASHINGTON. JOHN WAS ON THE FLOOR, PLAYING
WITH A CAR. HE JUMPED UP TO KAT.
>> LIKE A CHRISTMAS REED WAS THROWN THROUGH THE WINDOW.
AND JOHN SAID, ARE THEY COMING TO GET US, TOO?
NO, JOHN THAT WAS SOMEBODY SAD FOR YOUR UNCLE.
>> Reporter: HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GUNSHOT?
>> YES. >> Reporter: NOT LONG AFTER
BOBBY'S DEATH, THE FIRST LADY SURPRISED MANY BY MARRYING
ARISTOTLE ONASSIS. YOU SAW ARISTOTLE ONASSIS AND
THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST FRIENDS. DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS ANOTHER
RELATIONSHIP. >> I NEVER PUT TWO AND TWO
TOGETHER. >> Reporter: WAS SHE HAPPY THEN?
>> VERY HAPPY, YES. >> Reporter: WHEN KAT GOT
MARRIED, JACKIE AND HER KIDS ATTENDED HER WEDDING IN QUEENS.
KAT MOVED OUT OF THE APARTMENT, BUT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE
FAMILY FOR YEARS, EVEN AFTER JACKIE'S DEATH, SPENDING SUMMERS
IN THE KENNEDY HOME, MANAGING THE ESTATE.
WHEN JACKIE DIED IN 1994, HER LAST VISIT WITH HER BECAME ALL
THE MORE MEANINGFUL. JACKIE GAVE HER TREASURED
PHOTOS. KAT'S SCRAPBOOK, FILLED WITH HER
LIFETIME OF MEMORIES IS A RARE GLIMPSE INTO HISTORY, TOO.
THEY CAN HAVE COUSINS AND FRIENDS STAY WITH THEM AT THE
APARTMENT, FOUR OR FIVE. NO MORE, UNDERLINED.
>> YES. SHE WAS GOOD FOR THAT, YES.
>> Reporter: THIS IS FROM JOHN. IT SAYS, KATHY, JUST SO YOU
KNOW, I GOT HER LATE LAST NIGHT. SEE YOU IN THE MORNING, LOVE,
JOHN. >> HE DIDN'T HAVE KEYS.
HE CAME IN THROUGH THE WINDOW. HE DIDN'T WANT TO SCARE ME IN
THE MORNING. THAT'S WHY HE WROTE THE NOTE.
HE LEFT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE. >> Reporter: I CAN SEE HIM
CLIMBING THROUGH THE WINDOW. >> Reporter: IN 1999, WHEN NEWS
BROKE THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY JR.'S PLANE WENT MISSING, KAT REFUSED
TO THINK HE WAS GONE. EXPECTING HIM TO SHOW UP AT ANY
TIME. >> THEY SAID THE PLANE DID GO
DOWN. IT WAS SO SAD.
EVERYBODY LOVERED HIM. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT NOW, AND REFLECT BACK AND YOU'VE WRITTEN THE BOOK AND
YOUR PICTURES AND MEMORIES. >> YES.
>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE?
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE WHERE I ENDED UP AND WHO I WORKED FOR.
IT WAS SO NICE THEY MADE ME PART OF THE FAMILY.
>> KAT McKEON IS SUCH A LOVELY PERSON.
AND ALL THESE STORIES UP A ALL THIS MEMORABILIA.
>> MAKES YOU WONDER WHY SHE DIDN'T WRITE A BOOK SOONER.
>> SHE SAID, HER GRANDKIDS WERE ASKING HER ABOUT THAT TIME.
AND SHE THOUGHT I WOULD WILL TELL THE STORY.
>> THAT SCRAPBOOK. >> ALL OF THIS IS THIS PRICELESS
STUFF YOU CAN'T CAN BELIEVE. JACKIE KENNEDY WENT TO HER
WEDDING. ONE OF HER RELATIVES ASKED
JACKIE KENNEDY TO DANCE. SHE NEVER FORGAVE HIM FOR IT.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE RELATIVE? OH, YEAH, SHE DOES.
WE REACHED OUT TO CAROLINE KENNEDY ABOUT THIS BOOK.