Here we are, 7 years later.. It feels like yesterday, doesn't it?? Okay maybe not yesterday, but not 7 years for sure! As they said on the news this morning, everyone remembers where they were when they heard what was going on in our country that September morning. This made me think of all the moments in my life that I could tell you where I was when something happened.. I was in my 3rd grade classroom when the space shuttle challenger exploded... I was at lunch, I believe in 10th grade when I heard OJ was found not guilty... I was driving home from a Twins game on 94 driving east in St Paul (crossing over the top of 35e) when I heard about Princess Di was in the car accident. On Aug 1st, 2007 I had just got home and started laundry and dyeing my hair when I heard of the 35w bridge collapse. And of course, 09/11/01 I was sitting in a training room at State Farm with Jodi, Shelly and Laura when Shannon came in to tell us about a plane hitting the first tower.
So many things like this have happened in my short lifetime.. And there are more that I was not around for like Pearl Harbor and the JFK assassination. You ask anyone that was alive at those two times, they know where they were when they found out.
How about you? I know you will all know where you were for 9/11... what about those other events, do you remember where you were for them?
I also wanted to say a big thanks to everyone who has gone on to defend our country since that September morning! I am very grateful to you all!
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Yeah so I am dumb and I wrote a really long comment and hit preview instead of publish comment, and lost the whole thing cause I thought i posted it and I navigated away from the page. So this one I will just say where I was and not go into detail like last time. After all, this is your blog not mine :)
-I don't remember the challenger exploding, cause i was like 2.
-I don't remember how old I was when the whole OJ thing happened, nor where I was when I found out that OJ was found not guilty, but I do remember watching the "chase" on TV in mom and dad's basement. I remember being mad cause that was all that was on... not sure why I didn't try the cable channels... there must have been one of my shows on or something that night...
-I was at Abbie Pariana's house when i found out about Princess Di. I was staying the night at her house and we were in her room when Abbie's mom came in sobbing letting us know what happened. (It was right before 8th grade started, was it labor day weekend maybe? or was it right at the end of the school year?)
-9/11 - I was in Mr Niska's 1st Hour as a student aid for his Beginning Drawing and Painting Class. Another teacher came in the room whispered something to Niska who then scrambled to turn on the TV in the classroom. It was maybe two minutes later the second plane crashed into the building. It was chilling to say the least.
- 8/1/07 - I was at home in the kitchen when i found out about the 35W bridge collapse. I turned on the news about 10 minutes after it happened (before they had any footage from the scene) I couldn't believe something like that was happening so close to home...
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