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The one that sticks out in my memory the strongest is
-The Fall of the Berlin Wall - I was just beginning to be interested in world news. I remember being glued to our small black and white TV watching people dancing on the wall, and beating it with sledgehammers. I remember drilling my Mom with questions. I had my eyes opened that day. The things I'd learned in history became reality to me. Here these people had been trapped by that wall. I saw the thrill they took in it falling and it occurred to me, what could that have been like to cause this much joy now?
-Columbia blowing up- I was at home actually watching the launch. When it happened we were in shock. I remember the thought passing through my head that it was some prank. Then I thought it would be a pretty bad prank and had to be real. At that point my heart just sank. I had been so excited that a teacher was going on that flight. I had already been teaching and my heart went out to those students.
-Columbine massacre- I honestly don't remember. I was at work when it happened. Came home beat and then learned about it. I was too tired for it to really hit home at that time. It just slowly sunk in.
-Challenger- In school. We happened to be watching a educational program on television and someone came in, spoke to our teacher who promptly changed the channel for us to see replays of the accident. We were all sent home early from what I can remember.
-Man lands on the Moon - I was yet to be born 5 years later.
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