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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Reagan shot - no idea
Challenger - at work (ensuring the reelection of Governor Dukakis)
Bronco Chase -- at work; the TV in the conference room was turned on about half-way through
OJ Verdict -- at work; we assembled in the conference room to watch
Diana Crash - at work; no one assembled because it was over a weekend
9/11 - at work; we assembled in conference rooms to watch until people began going home
And, except for the Dukakis part, I'll bet this is pretty much the same list for a large part of the board.
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You assume the rest of the board is as old as you apparently are then. I don't remember for most, but I remember:
Challenger - Having the tv's wheeled into the lunch room in middle school so everyone could watch the coverage (and then being sent home early).
OJ Decision - In law school, we all were glued to the tv's set up around school between classes.
Columbia - I got a phone call from my mom while I was on a walk early Saturday morning in Dallas. We were on the very edge of the potential debris field.
9/11 - Seeing the notice on the elevator on my way up to work that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center and thinking it was another little prop plane or something. Assembling in the conference room and watching the towers fall.
I also vaguely recall not knowing who Elvis was when he died. And I'm pretty sure I was at (elementary) school when Reagan was shot, but I don't have specific memories of it, other than being horribly upset for Brady during the subsequent news coverage.
ETA (because Anne reminded me) - John Lennon shot - I vividly remember how upset I was about this. I was 10 and it was the day after my mom's birthday, same year as a dear aunt died. Aunt Sue and John Lennon were the first deaths that made me understand the whole "they aren't ever coming back" thing. I listened to every single tribute that aired on my AM radio in my bedroom. Sobbing.
