Where Were You When...?
Those historical junctures hit us with such powerful emotions so as to embed themselves forever in our minds. The biggest recent occasion might be 9/11 (9/11/01). I've read different accounts of what people were doing then. One lady was nursing her baby. Most of us on EST were probably getting ready for work or our day. I was sitting at my PC writing (what else?) when my wife told me to come to the TV. Her voice used a gruff edge so I knew something big was up.
No doubt Hurricane Katrina (8/29/05) slamming The Big Easy was also a monumental event. The death of Bin Laden (5/2/11) might also count as one. The moon landing lies within my memory (7/21/69) as well as the JFK assassination (11/22/63). I recall my grandparents telling about what they were doing the day World War Two ended. That event has to be larger than anything I'll ever experience in my lifetime.
By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
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No doubt Hurricane Katrina (8/29/05) slamming The Big Easy was also a monumental event. The death of Bin Laden (5/2/11) might also count as one. The moon landing lies within my memory (7/21/69) as well as the JFK assassination (11/22/63). I recall my grandparents telling about what they were doing the day World War Two ended. That event has to be larger than anything I'll ever experience in my lifetime.
By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Ask the Dice (Newest Stand Alone Washington, D.C. Crime Noir)
The Zinc Zoo (Newest P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery)
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Nov 21, 2011 08:13AM
The death of JFK was the first of a defining moment for my generation ..I was in high school..we were dismissed. I went to church to pray and there were many doing the same think I was. Wept for 3 days off and on. shock. disbelief. anger. sorrow. so many emotions. Then came the other 2 assassinations: RFK and MLK. I was on the west coast and fast asleep on 9/11. My son went to work early and called me to wake me up with the news and told me to watch tv we were possibly under attack.
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Michele wrote: "The death of JFK was the first of a defining moment for my generation ..I was in high school..we were dismissed. I went to church to pray and there were many doing the same think I was. Wept for 3 ..."Those three assassinations coming so close together really proved that bad things coming in threes is true. Thanks for sharing on a grim but perhaps important topic.
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