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re: What part of non-sports history did you witness (in-person)?
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:20 am to LSUFreek
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:20 am to LSUFreek
Katrina is probably the biggest thing.
I went to several events at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
When I was six I saw STS-61 B launch. It was just a routine shuttle mission but still pretty damn cool.
I’ve seen several shuttle re-entries fly over BR. One was STS-93 which had the first woman commander.
I went to several events at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
When I was six I saw STS-61 B launch. It was just a routine shuttle mission but still pretty damn cool.
I’ve seen several shuttle re-entries fly over BR. One was STS-93 which had the first woman commander.
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Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:24 am to LSUFreek
That Super Bowl parade... I remember thinking there was the real possibility of some kind of crushing incident or stampede. There was one point where we were walking down Canal, and I had a half-empty beer in my hand at the start of the block. At the end of the block that can was flat as a pancake.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:30 am to TheWalrus
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I waited with my parents in line to vote when Mandela became president in 1994.
Sorry to be the one to have to tell you, but Mandela was never president - see Mandela Effect.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:31 am to TheFonz
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I've seen several shuttle re-entries
I only saw one fly over New Orleans and it was one of the fastest, most awesome sights at night I've ever seen. I actually thought it was a meteor bc of the other-worldly red-orange streak/fire trail. Didn't find out until the next day on the news that it was the shuttle. (Don't know which flight--early 2000's.)
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:33 am to LSUFreek
Many Presidential Inaugurations. Bush, Clinton, other Bush and Barry. I guess Barry was the most significant because we'd just been trojan horsed a hostile communist wrapped in a young Morgan Freeman package, and America would soon end.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:34 am to LSUFreek
I saw the BawPaw FaceBook Live
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:36 am to Gee Grenouille
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Lived through Katrina, as most of us did. I was also in town (Bogalusa) when the Gaylord chemical plant had a rail car explode. People still getting paid from that lawsuit.
da sky turnt urnge...
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:39 am to LSUFreek
I watched the buses roll into the Cajundome with the very first load of Katrina refugees. So many buses. For the next month or so that area of town was a wreck.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:39 am to LSUFreek
I visited the original World Trade Center before 9/11. It’s obviously a very big part of U.S. history and only stood for 28 years. Since it’s no longer around its existence is sort of an historical event in itself.
I was 11 when I went there and only 21 when it was destroyed. If I live to an advanced age of 90 or so there probably won’t be too many people still around who stood atop one of those buildings.
I was 11 when I went there and only 21 when it was destroyed. If I live to an advanced age of 90 or so there probably won’t be too many people still around who stood atop one of those buildings.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:43 am to LSUFreek
I suppose it's technically sports, but I was on the field for the opening ceremony in Sydney.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:44 am to Globetrotter747
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I visited the original World Trade Center before 9/11. It’s obviously a very big part of U.S. history and only stood for 28 years. Since it’s no longer around its existence is sort of an historical event in itself.
While in the military, we visited the Windows on the World restaurant at the top of one of the towers. This was for the 1998 New Year's Eve.
8 of us showed up in uniform and the chefs threw the entire menu at us. I think we paid $30/each and consumed nearly $1000 of menu items
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:49 am to LSUFreek
I remember when the space shuttle exploded. I was in 2nd grade and my teacher was excited that a teacher was going up in space. We were watching it live.. And then BOOM. I can't remember how the 2nd grader me felt, but I remember my teacher crying.
On 9/11, I received a call to turn it on the news.. Less than a minute later the 2nd plane crashed into the towers. That was a surreal day. I had to go to an appointment to get some work down on the ramp part of my van.. And I remember the office manager lady trying to get in contact with her daughter, who was in the military, and was in NYC at the time.
Of course Katrina and Rita. We were fortunate, the only thing we had was being without power for 4 or 5 days, which wasn't anything compared to what other people was dealing with.
The Gustav, which hit us the hardest. Gustav is probably the strongest hurricane I have been through. I remember watching trees look like they were about to snap like toothpicks. Some of them did.
For whatever reason, I remember when President Bush sr announced that we were going to war (desert storm) and for some reason my mom started crying. I am not sure why I remember that.
I'll probably never forget the police shootings that took place in BR 5 years ago. I was at my brother's house, it was my nephew's birthday so I will always remember that day.
On 9/11, I received a call to turn it on the news.. Less than a minute later the 2nd plane crashed into the towers. That was a surreal day. I had to go to an appointment to get some work down on the ramp part of my van.. And I remember the office manager lady trying to get in contact with her daughter, who was in the military, and was in NYC at the time.
Of course Katrina and Rita. We were fortunate, the only thing we had was being without power for 4 or 5 days, which wasn't anything compared to what other people was dealing with.
The Gustav, which hit us the hardest. Gustav is probably the strongest hurricane I have been through. I remember watching trees look like they were about to snap like toothpicks. Some of them did.
For whatever reason, I remember when President Bush sr announced that we were going to war (desert storm) and for some reason my mom started crying. I am not sure why I remember that.
I'll probably never forget the police shootings that took place in BR 5 years ago. I was at my brother's house, it was my nephew's birthday so I will always remember that day.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:52 am to LSUFreek
I was at Centennial Park in Atlanta in 1996 when the bomb went off. I was pretty far away from it and didn't really know what was going on. Didn't know until a couple hours later when we got to the house we were staying at and saw it on the news. It was a pretty chaotic scene. My parents were pissed I didn't call them until the next morning to tell them I was okay. I didn't really appreciate the gravity of it until I called them.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:55 am to LSUFreek
Katrina, but I was in college and didn’t live in Nola. So honestly I haven’t seen many (if any) historically memorable/notable events.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 9:57 am to Snipe
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September 1987, saw Pope John Paul II when he visited New Orleans. Didn't get to attend mass, which I regret.
February 1st 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia breaking apart on reentry.
Watched on live tv as both WTC towers fell and our world change forever.
Also watched the first CNN 24hour coverage of the gulf war
Posted on 7/21/21 at 10:01 am to LSUFreek
I saw the April 27, 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado from my front yard.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 10:25 am to OweO
Gustav sucked big time, 2 weeks into my first semester at LSU. Not sure if it’s historical. Like everyone else has said, I’ll say Katrina.
Unlike everyone else so far, I went to elementary school near Columbine and remember the traffic, EMS, cops etc. in a panic. Drove by the school on our way home and it was surreal, broken out glass, caution tape everywhere.
Unlike everyone else so far, I went to elementary school near Columbine and remember the traffic, EMS, cops etc. in a panic. Drove by the school on our way home and it was surreal, broken out glass, caution tape everywhere.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 10:32 am to Tigeralum2008
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While in the military, we visited the Windows on the World restaurant at the top of one of the towers. This was for the 1998 New Year's Eve.
8 of us showed up in uniform and the chefs threw the entire menu at us. I think we paid $30/each and consumed nearly $1000 of men
That was a pretty sweet restaurant from what I have seen and heard. If the towers were still around I probably would have tried it at some point on a NYC trip.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 10:38 am to Globetrotter747
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I visited the original World Trade Center before 9/11. It’s obviously a very big part of U.S. history and only stood for 28 years. Since it’s no longer around its existence is sort of an historical event in itself.
I went on a high school trip to NYC and have a picture of my class there with the WTC in the background. It's kind of surreal now to look at that picture.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 10:40 am to LSUFreek
When Adam and the OT nabbed a serial killer.
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