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[krispos42]

Reagan: don't remember. I was like 7.

Challenger: I was sitting in 4th grade. Mrs. Cousins from across the hallway came in and spoke quickly to Mrs. Fontaine, my teacher. Then Mrs. Fontaine said from in front of the chalkboard "The space shuttle just blew up."

Then we tried to get a picture on the TV in the room, but all we got was snow.

Oklahoma City: I was at the (now defunct, I believe; they moved it downtown) Stamford branch of UConn getting a meatball sandwich in the cafeteria. There was a TV on the wall in there, with cable. It was all over the news. I remember not realizing how big of a deal it was until later. I guess because the intitial reports were sketchy and I wasn't too much into national news or politics.

Sept. 11th: I was at work at a factory in South Dakota. The unofficial boss of the area I was working at asked me how old I was, out of the blue. "25", I said. "Why?" "Looks like were at war." he responded. Then he said something about terrorism. I didn't quite get what he was talking about; he was pretty laconic. And at the time there was a "no radios" restriction. I think he was wondering if I was draftable.

As it happens I had to go out for lunch that day, so at 11am I got in my car and drove down to Taco Johns (it was Taco Tuesday, 59-cent tacos all day) and it was on all the radio stations.

I got home at 4 to the full media blitz.