Meeting Nelson Rockefeller in the 1968 campaign

Nelson Rockefeller, loaded with charisma and electricity, ran for president in 1968, and I met him at the Hotel Gary in Gary, Indiana when I was 15 years old. I had met Bobby Kennedy
earlier in the year and Rockefeller was so similar. That personal power, the undeniable charisma, was part of his appeal.
He went into the hotel with Gary mayor Richard Hatcher, then he came out of the hotel, and when he did, there were ahout 150 people, including me, wanting to shake his hand and meet him before he got on his campaign bus.
Rockefeller appeared and he was engulfed by the crowd. A police officer assigned to him was pushed back about 5 feet.
There are people who are energized by large crowds and others who are exhausted by them, and Rockefeller just loved the energy and with a big smile he said 'hi' to all of us in that thick New York gravelly accent of his. I managed to get right up to him and what a thrill that was for a freshman in high school.
He finally made it onto the bus and was signing autographs through the window and I was snapping away with my instamatic camera as the crowd pushed against the bus.
All these years later, I have heard that the Hotel Gary was turned into a senior citizens center and Nelson Rockefeller died about 10 years after that campaign appearance.
Thanks for listening.