In 1962 , Quinn became a general assignment television reporter for NBC News . He covered mayor political and social stories of the 1960s , including presidential campaigns , the civil rights movement , along with news film editor Donald Swerdlow . as well as protests against the Vietnam War . Quinn was present at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles , covering Robert F. Kennedy 's presidential campaign , on the night of Senator Kennedy 's assassination . He was one of the first reporters to arrive at the scene of the shooting , telling television viewers , " He 's lying here on the floor . Senator Kennedy has been shot . He 's been shot ... There ’s blood on the floor . " Quinn became the Rome bureau chief for NBC News during the early 1970s . He returned to the U.S. later during the 1970s to become NBC 's correspondent at the Pentagon . In 1978 , he moved to NBC 's radio news bureau in Washington , D.C. as a chief correspondent and managing editor
Senator Kennedy 's assassination
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Charles Quinn