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ngdawg · 07-03-2006, 06:48 PM

a) JFK was shot
4th grade. The 7th graders were watching/listening to his Dallas visit in class and came running down the halls of the school, shouting into every classroom "The President's been shot!" My teacher thought they were playing a cruel stunt. We got sent home soon after.
b) Apollo 11 landed on the moon
Outside playing with a visiting friend, but then, just as the sun was going down, we went inside to watch.
c) John Lennon was shot
Monday night. Had just gone to bed, spouse was watching MNF when it got interrupted with the news. I cried myself to sleep. Work the next morning was surreal for everyone.
d) the Berlin Wall fell
Don't remember where I was, etc. Just that it was about fukkin time. Seeing the news highlighting families divided for decades was cool
e) the 9/11 attacks occurred
At work at the middle school. At first, a few teachers put on their tv's in their classrooms to see the coverage of the attacks and the tv's in the lounges were on. I was in one of the lounges watching as they tumbled. Two teachers had direct connections; one, her husband. He called in sick that day. But the other one had a son who worked there and after the collapse, ran out of her room screaming "My David!!!!" and she had to be taken into a secluded area. As it turned out, David had overslept and was on his way in at the time of the attacks.
My cousin was a NYFD lieutenant and was just heading home from his shift when he got the call. He lost a LOT of friends that day. After the clean-up he retired.

07-03-2006, 06:48 PM	#41 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	a) JFK was shot 4th grade. The 7th graders were watching/listening to his Dallas visit in class and came running down the halls of the school, shouting into every classroom "The President's been shot!" My teacher thought they were playing a cruel stunt. We got sent home soon after. b) Apollo 11 landed on the moon Outside playing with a visiting friend, but then, just as the sun was going down, we went inside to watch. c) John Lennon was shot Monday night. Had just gone to bed, spouse was watching MNF when it got interrupted with the news. I cried myself to sleep. Work the next morning was surreal for everyone. d) the Berlin Wall fell Don't remember where I was, etc. Just that it was about fukkin time. Seeing the news highlighting families divided for decades was cool e) the 9/11 attacks occurred At work at the middle school. At first, a few teachers put on their tv's in their classrooms to see the coverage of the attacks and the tv's in the lounges were on. I was in one of the lounges watching as they tumbled. Two teachers had direct connections; one, her husband. He called in sick that day. But the other one had a son who worked there and after the collapse, ran out of her room screaming "My David!!!!" and she had to be taken into a secluded area. As it turned out, David had overslept and was on his way in at the time of the attacks. My cousin was a NYFD lieutenant and was just heading home from his shift when he got the call. He lost a LOT of friends that day. After the clean-up he retired. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.