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Double D · 05-10-2003, 06:48 PM

Where were you when....?

a) JFK was shot
Can't remember the precise moment- I was just turning four years old- but I remember feeling sad for Caroline & John Jr. when I saw them in the funeral procession.

b) Apollo 11 landed on the moon
Watched it with the extended family, gathered round a little black & white TV at our cottage in Canada, on the only channel that we could pick up. I remember being really excited that I was allowed to stay up past my bedtime to view the coverage.

c) John Lennon was shot
This was really painful - still is. I was 20 yrs old and a beach bum/student in southern CA, pulling a shift as an ice cream jockey at Haagen Daaz. We had the tunes playing, when at about 11 am they announced that Lennon had been shot dead the night before. It felt like a punch in the gut- I went through the rest of my shift like a robot. When I finished work, I fell apart- the tears wouldn't stop. I still can't listen to the Lennon version of *Imagine.* I cry every time.

d) the Berlin Wall fell
I'm bit chagrined to not recall where I was.

e) the 9/11 attacks occurred
Just waking up- my husband called me from work as he listened to reports as the attacks were occuring. He said a plane had just flown into the WTC. I turned the TV on just in time to see the second plane hit. That image was seared into my brain the first time I saw it. I absolutely did not need to see it played
repeatedly and eventually tore myself away from the tube sometime that evening,

05-10-2003, 06:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
Double D Junkie Location: Chicagoland	Where were you when....? a) JFK was shot Can't remember the precise moment- I was just turning four years old- but I remember feeling sad for Caroline & John Jr. when I saw them in the funeral procession. b) Apollo 11 landed on the moon Watched it with the extended family, gathered round a little black & white TV at our cottage in Canada, on the only channel that we could pick up. I remember being really excited that I was allowed to stay up past my bedtime to view the coverage. c) John Lennon was shot This was really painful - still is. I was 20 yrs old and a beach bum/student in southern CA, pulling a shift as an ice cream jockey at Haagen Daaz. We had the tunes playing, when at about 11 am they announced that Lennon had been shot dead the night before. It felt like a punch in the gut- I went through the rest of my shift like a robot. When I finished work, I fell apart- the tears wouldn't stop. I still can't listen to the Lennon version of Imagine. I cry every time. d) the Berlin Wall fell I'm bit chagrined to not recall where I was. e) the 9/11 attacks occurred Just waking up- my husband called me from work as he listened to reports as the attacks were occuring. He said a plane had just flown into the WTC. I turned the TV on just in time to see the second plane hit. That image was seared into my brain the first time I saw it. I absolutely did not need to see it played repeatedly and eventually tore myself away from the tube sometime that evening, Last edited by Double D; 05-10-2003 at 06:57 PM..