from Nelle's...via J-Walk Blog

Where were you when...

1) John F. Kennedy was shot? (11/22/1963)
N/A...that's six and a half years before my birth

2) Mt. St. Helen's blew? (5/18/1980)
I was in fourth grade. I don't recall where I was at that exact moment, but I do remember seeing the thin layer of volcanic ash on my dad's '76 Chevy Caprice Classic (what a boat ;)

3) John Lennon gunned down? (12/08/1980)
I was in fifth grade, watching the news about it...but later that night, not the instant it happened since that was in the morning, right?

4) The Challenger exploded? (1/28/1986)
I was a high school sophomore, sitting in Miss Minnick's Algebra 4X class...when she informed the class of the accident.

5) The 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco? (10/07/1989)
In my dorm room watching the World Series game between San Francisco and Oakland on TV.

6) The Berlin Wall Fell? (11/07/1989)
Still at Mizzou. I remember reading about it in the paper the next day.

7) The Gulf War began? (01/16/1991)
In Belize, worried that it would really escalate and that I was the prime age to be drafted...

8) OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco? (06/17/1994)
At work. We watched it on the b/w TV in the kitchen.
8a) And when the verdict was read? (10/03/1994)
Standing near the bureau that held the menus and talking to Nathaniel, a cashier at the Harvest.

9) The Afred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed? (04/19/1995)
I was getting out of bed...groggy and confused.

10) Princess Di was killed? (08/31/1997)
I was getting ready to pick up a friend (Eric Kwong) to go see a midnight movie at the Mayan Theater.

11) Bush was first announced president? (11/07/2000)
I think I was talking to my sister, Susie, and watching it on TV.

12) Terrorists destroyed the WTC? (09/11/2001)
I had just gotten up when the first plane hit, thinking that it was a strange accident. By the time the other tower was hit, I think most of America knew that it was no coincidence. I remember watching the TV replays (especially when the towers collapsed), in utter disbelief...

13) Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas? (02/01/2003)
I was at home, watching it on TV.

14) The Madrid trains were attacked? (03/11/2004)
Reading about it on Yahoo.