The Story the Headlines Ignored

The newspapers couldn’t stop talking about the president, his family, and their grief. Headlines focused on remorse, heartbreak, and reputation.

But Michael — the man whose life was permanently altered — became a secondary figure in his own story. After the moment he was struck by the car, he was barely mentioned again.

This is how history often works.
Some names are printed over and over.
Others fade into the margins — no matter how much they lost.

Old newspapers don’t just tell us what happened.
They reveal who mattered.