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Neko | Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 09:00 am     N - Princess Diana's death. The only thing I really remember about this was watching the TV with The Mom all night and watching it into the early hours of the next morning before my mom forced me to go to bed since I had school the next day and was only 11 years old. I can't remember. I do remember though, being really sad. I never did like to hear that someone had died and from what I did know, was that Princess Di was a wonderful person.. O - OKC Bombing - This was back in the day. I was 9 when I happened. So, it didn't concern me much. I do remember watching things on the TV though, wether that be from when I was 9 or later when they were showing things about it again. I did remeber better was hearing that the guy who did it was killed. Q. January 1, 2000 - I remember The Mom buying candles and other things like camping fire stuff. It wasn't that she had thought that the world was going to end, she just wanted to makevsure that it the power happened to go out, we'd be ready. LOL And I remember the tub filled with water too. I think we stayed up and watched the Ccountdown and then, the power was still on, so I went to sleep. I feel really young right now, I mean, I wasn't alive for most of this stuff, and the stuff I do remeber, I bearly do. Obviously, my memory from when I was little isn't very good. I mean, I didn't even realize I was alive when the Berlin Wall came down... Hey that could be R! |
Pamy | Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 09:35 am     Neko..I had no idea you were so young(not even 18!), you appear to wise beyond your years from the posts I have seen from you. |
Whit4you | Sunday, November 17, 2002 - 04:52 pm     Neko - it's good to see your perspective, you being 9 when OKC happened and it not having a huge impact on you makes me think perhaps 9-11 won't have as huge an impact on those under 10 now (I think this is a good thing - that they can retain some innocence at that age like we had at 9) R - Berlin Wall - hmmm musta happened during my PTSS days as I have no memory of that at all. I've seen a few documentaries on it since then. S - Star wars (original) released T - Princess Di got married |
Mosessupposes | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 12:22 am     Why I was so shocked when the Challenger exploded: When the Challenger exploded, TV had stopped covering the shuttle launches because they had become too routine. In the past there had been many delayed launches caused by technical glitches, and there had also been a couple of delayed launches of the Challenger. I was sitting on my front porch listening to the morning radio DJ team yuck it up. The 7:30 newscast came on and the reporter said the Challenger had just lifted off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. She said it was a typical successful launch and ended her newscast. The 2 radio DJs came back on and said something like, "Well if you've seen one shuttle launch...you've seen them all." Suddenly the newscast reporter broke into their conversation. She was sobbing and blurted out that the Challenger had blown up. They then immediately cut to a live feed from CBS radio. I ran in the house and turned on the TV. I know the radio DJs didn't have a clue the Challenger would explode. They were just doing a typical morning radio show. But the irony of them joking about all Shuttle launches being the same and then the Challenger blowing up has always lingered in my mind. |
Wranglerguy | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 02:13 am     Some events that stand-out in my mind: Elvis - I had spent the morning with a friend running around the high school campus; we were to begin our freshmen year the next day. When I got home, I heard Elvis singing on the radio and my mom told me that he had died. I was and still am an Elvis fan but I don't know which was worse - that day or subsequently learning about what led up to that day. I have since been to Graceland and stood next to his grave; an experience I'll never forget. John Lennon - I was in my senior year of high school. I remember hearing about his death early that morning on the news and when I got to school, all my fellow classmates were very subdued, some crying. Challenger Explosion - I was in the Air Force and sitting in my office, with my supervisor, handling paperwork when a sergeant came in and told us about the space shuttle exploding. We set a TV up in the office and followed the news reports for the remainder of a very sad day. |
Djgirl5235 | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 07:58 am     I remember all of the following but the ones that truly affected me are detailed: (Most I don't remember where I was...) John Lennon - My dad raised me to the Beatles, and I remember the look of dismay on his face, and watching the news that night. I was pretty small still - about 7, but it still impacted my life. So much so, that for my choice for the music festival (open class) that year, I chose Imagine to compete with - and won!!! The Challenger - I barely remember this, just because it still doesn't really seem real to me - I guess that's due to my age at the time. I just remember being in class and the teacher telling us about it and listening on the radio. Berlin Wall - I was in class when they broke the wall, and it happened to be my history class, so the radio was turned on, and my teacher just glowed with pride due to the fact that we were living a part of history at that very moment. Mt. St. Helens - As my grandparents lived in Portland, I remember this very well. My family waited to hear from them, and they even collected ash in a bottle for me. I ended up doing a speech about it for our annual contest at school that year - and I won... OKC - I was waitressing at a Casey's Bar & Grill, and our tv's were always on CNN, so the minute this happened we all just stood around gawking at the TV - same as during the Bronco chase ... just stood around - no-one ate, no-one spoke, just stood, open mouthed watching the tv. Diana - This is probably one of the first, I remembers so clearly... I was at a party that night with an old boyfriend of mine. I went inside to refill my drink and happened to be the only one in the house. Being Canadian, the Royals were very well published and talked about all the time - especially Diana... They were part of our history - anyway, I looked up at the TV as I was refilling my drink and the glass just fell out of my hand as I heard the reporter say that Diana had been killed in a car accident... I ran outside to tell everyone else at the party, and we all went back inside to watch for awhile. I took the day off work to watch the funeral and cried and cried and cried... Jan 1/00 - I was ticked off at my boyfriend at the time who didn't want to do anything for new year's so I fell asleep on the couch around 11:00 and woke up the next morning - I totally missed it!!!! Exxon - We were doing an environmental project in our highschool science class when that happened, and I just remember a lot of impact that had on the project...that and seeing all the poor animals struggling around in the muck... Baby Jessica I remember, but just vaguely... I think I was too young... Waco - I definitely remember, and didn't move from the TV until everything was over... How about OJ - where were you? |
Wargod | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 08:39 am     O.J.-I'm in California, lol. From the begining until the trial that was over that was all that was on tv. Jan '00- Babysat my husbands neices...the kids stayed up til midnight, then we gave them apple cider and cookies and sent them to bed. Diana-Party with friends. Heard someone talking and turned on the tv. A few of us spent the rest of the night watching the news. Challenger- I think this was the first major news story I really remember well. We had just moved into a new house and it was my sisters 10th birthday. I was in 7th grade math class when we first heard. OKC- I was probably the only person in America who had no clue about this for hours! I was at work, and even though all the elderly people had tv's I had somehow missed the reports til one little lady was talking to me in the hallway. For a few minutes I couldn't figure out if she was reliving something in her past or if she was confused. I found out a few hours later that she had been right in most of what she told me. |
Djgirl5235 | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 08:48 am     Wargod - I didn't realize how close in age we are - must be nice to be a stay-at-home mom right now - I'm still putting in the time until we're both ready...then I'm joining the ranks!!! |
Wargod | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 08:57 am     Best thing I've done Dj! I love it, and really feel like I'm doing something good being home with the kids. When I worked, I knew it was the right thing to do, but also knew when it was time to quit. |
Neko | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 09:52 am     What about 9/11? Have we talked about where you where when you heard about that?? If we have, don't answer my silly post I was in English class at school when the principal came over the P.A and told us, very badly, that the World Trade Center in New York had collapsed. I remember thinking, "Does anyone in my class even know which buliding those were?" My English teacher turned on the radio and we listened untill the bell rang for lunch, which was only about 10 minutes. I remember everyone running down to a restaurant down the road from the school and watching CNN on the TV screens at lunch time. I wasn't able to go home and watch myself and I didn't think to go to the restaurant. It was sureal to know something so big was going on and I didn't know anything about it... |
Kaili | Monday, November 18, 2002 - 02:38 pm     I was waking up in the morning and turned on TV. It was the second day of the new semester and I didn't have class until 11 am. I called my mom right away because she only watches TV at night, gets the paper in the mail a day late, and lives in the middle of nowhere up north. Then I got to schoo, and parked, stood at my car listening to NPR on the radio (at this time the first tower fell). I was looking around campus wondering how many students didn't have a clue since I'm sure many don't watch the news in the morning, or maybe tV at all. I was thinking how weirdit was to know something that big that the person 20 feet away might be oblivious to. Weird, weird solemn day. Talked to a woman in the parking lot for awhile. I then tried to call someone on my cell phone and the call wouldn't go through. I thought the lines were jammed but it turned out that was the day I had cancelled my service for so I actually just didn't have phone service. |
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