1. When John F. Kennedy was shot (11/22/1963)1a. when man first walked on the moon: Apollo 11 (7/20/69)nonexistent2. When Mt. St. Helen's blew (5/18/1980)18 months old3. When the space shuttle Challenger exploded (1/28/1986)Read my first vignette here: http://www.entertainmentweakly.com/narrative1.html4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (10/7/1989)Watching the World Series pregame in my parents' basement in Napoleon OH5. When the Berlin Wall fell (11/7/1989)Parents' basement, NBC, Tom Brokaw6. When the Gulf War began (1/16/1991)Parents' bedroom, CNN, Bernie Shaw7. When the first World Trade Center bombing happened (2/26/1993)Talking to Christine Bostleman at my locker, freshman year8. When OJ sped off in the White Bronco.(6/17/1994)Hotel room in Marietta, OH, with parents on way home from Myrtle Beach9. When the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed (4/19/1995)Junior year of HS, I blocked out all memories of that year10. When Princess Diana was killed (8/31/1997)Cleveland, OH, dorm room of my friend Mia, at CWRU, we'd just seen Barenaked Ladies play a free show down in the Flats.11. When Bush was first announced President (11/7/2000)Apartment, Ypsilanti, MI, drunk12. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center (9/11/2001)Technically? Teaching. Muskingum College, New Concord, OH. At 9:30 I went back to my office and turned on my TV like I always did. Matt Lauer.
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