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snowy · 07-04-2006, 10:21 AM

a) JFK was shot--not born yet
b) Apollo 11 landed on the moon--not born yet
c) John Lennon was shot--not born yet

d) the Berlin Wall fell

I remember watching the wall fall on CNN. We were big into watching CNN in those days. Before the advent of other cable news outlets, they were the only place you could get this stuff live.

e) the 9/11 attacks occurred

I woke up at 5:30 PST that morning because I had cut my finger pretty badly on a meat slicer at work the night before, and my mom wanted my dad to look at it before he left for work. Once up, I couldn't go back to sleep, so I settled down on the couch to watch the early morning news with my mom. Shortly before 6am, the national news interrupted the local broadcast with the word that a "small plane" had crashed into one of the towers. I watched live on TV as the second plane hit the WTC. I'll never forget that.

I also remember where I was when we declared war on Iraq the first time, when Operation Desert Shield turned into Operation Desert Storm and the Persian Gulf War. I was in the checkout line at the grocery store with my mom, and the manager came over the PA with the announcement that we had declared war. Again, we watched the war on CNN.

Challenger: my mom was crying, and all I could wonder was why she was crying at two clouds that to me looked like bunny ears.

Columbia: my mom called me at college and woke me up with the news that the space shuttle had crashed again.

07-04-2006, 10:21 AM	#49 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	a) JFK was shot--not born yet b) Apollo 11 landed on the moon--not born yet c) John Lennon was shot--not born yet d) the Berlin Wall fell I remember watching the wall fall on CNN. We were big into watching CNN in those days. Before the advent of other cable news outlets, they were the only place you could get this stuff live. e) the 9/11 attacks occurred I woke up at 5:30 PST that morning because I had cut my finger pretty badly on a meat slicer at work the night before, and my mom wanted my dad to look at it before he left for work. Once up, I couldn't go back to sleep, so I settled down on the couch to watch the early morning news with my mom. Shortly before 6am, the national news interrupted the local broadcast with the word that a "small plane" had crashed into one of the towers. I watched live on TV as the second plane hit the WTC. I'll never forget that. I also remember where I was when we declared war on Iraq the first time, when Operation Desert Shield turned into Operation Desert Storm and the Persian Gulf War. I was in the checkout line at the grocery store with my mom, and the manager came over the PA with the announcement that we had declared war. Again, we watched the war on CNN. Challenger: my mom was crying, and all I could wonder was why she was crying at two clouds that to me looked like bunny ears. Columbia: my mom called me at college and woke me up with the news that the space shuttle had crashed again. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau Last edited by snowy; 07-04-2006 at 10:24 AM..