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re: Where were you when you saw these infamous events on TV?
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:56 pm to PiscesTiger
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:56 pm to PiscesTiger
Only remember the specifics of two of these, 9/11 and Katrina.
9/11-just entered into my second week of boot camp in New Jersey. Did not have cable on the base so we watched vhs recordings the next few days/week. It was about the most surreal shite I’ve ever been a part of or seen. The entire atmosphere of the base switched immediately
Katrina-sitting in the middle of the bitch in Gulfport. Just got stationed back home in July, and stayed for her. The following days were even more surreal going through the towns and the aftermath.
9/11-just entered into my second week of boot camp in New Jersey. Did not have cable on the base so we watched vhs recordings the next few days/week. It was about the most surreal shite I’ve ever been a part of or seen. The entire atmosphere of the base switched immediately
Katrina-sitting in the middle of the bitch in Gulfport. Just got stationed back home in July, and stayed for her. The following days were even more surreal going through the towns and the aftermath.
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Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:00 pm to PiscesTiger
Most of those are not that memorable to me. But I am old and recall being in school when Kennedy was shot. Called in from cutting grass for the moon landing and driving to courthouse when I heard on WJBO a plane had hit a tower in New York on 9/11. For my parents Pearl Harbor was a date everyone recalled.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:12 pm to PiscesTiger
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1994: OJ Simpson chase
I was in a Natchitoches' bar watching the NBA finals, and the bartender announce free suicide shots if OJ kills himself.
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1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh)
On they way to a friends dorm at LSU, to get prepared for the next day 4/20
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1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61
Watched on TV at a Blockbuster.
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2001: 9/11
At work
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:32 pm to PiscesTiger
1994: OJ Simpson chase - waiting tables at a local seafood restaurant
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh) - TV at an off-track betting parlor
1998: President Clinton addressing the nation for the first (honest) time on Lewinsky. - home
1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61 - don’t like baseball. Didn’t care
2001: 9/11 - home. getting ready for work.
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan - don’t recall
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled - I think a bar.
2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV) - lived it
2008: Obama is declared president - home.
2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased - office
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh) - TV at an off-track betting parlor
1998: President Clinton addressing the nation for the first (honest) time on Lewinsky. - home
1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61 - don’t like baseball. Didn’t care
2001: 9/11 - home. getting ready for work.
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan - don’t recall
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled - I think a bar.
2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV) - lived it
2008: Obama is declared president - home.
2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased - office
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:34 pm to PiscesTiger
First major events I remember on TV was the Challenger explosion and baby Jessica stuck in that west Texas well.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:37 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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First major events I remember on TV was the Challenger explosion and baby Jessica stuck in that west Texas well.
This. I remember they did a tv show on Jessica in the well
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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First major events I remember on TV was the Challenger explosion and baby Jessica stuck in that west Texas well.
Same. And Al Capone's vault.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:43 pm to PiscesTiger
The first of those I remember is Mark McGuire because I was a huge fan as a kid and watched him do that on tv at home. I was 7 yrs old
I was in history class 5th grade when 9-11 happened
I was in history class 5th grade when 9-11 happened
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:48 pm to deltaland
1991 Start of the Gulf War
Watching anti-aircraft fire lighting up Baghdad on CNN live on the big screen in Kirby-Smith lobby.
Watching anti-aircraft fire lighting up Baghdad on CNN live on the big screen in Kirby-Smith lobby.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:53 pm to PiscesTiger
1994: OJ Simpson chase
My brothers room watching the bulls vs blazers finals I believe.
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh)
can’t remember honestly.
1998: President Clinton addressing the nation for the first (honest) time on Lewinsky.
Laying on couch in house my parents still live in.
1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61
We were eating dinner watching the game at home. Was between my Jr/Sr year at brother Martin.
2001: 9/11
My roommate who just smoked a lot of weed and slept till 12 everyday actually woke me up to tell me. Apt at LSU. Tiger plaza in tiger land I think it was called or something like that. Right by railroad tracks on Nicholson. I only stayed in BR 3 nights a week.
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan
Working as a tech at a PT clinic.
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled
Didn’t see on TV
2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV)
In saint Augustine at PT school while rest of family had evacuated NOLA. Easily the most helpless and guilty I’ve ever felt in my life.
2008: Obama is declared president
Had just driven back to NOLA from voting in St Augustine. Was working a traveling contract(didn’t vote for Obama)
2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased
On couch in my wife and I’s condo.
My brothers room watching the bulls vs blazers finals I believe.
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh)
can’t remember honestly.
1998: President Clinton addressing the nation for the first (honest) time on Lewinsky.
Laying on couch in house my parents still live in.
1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61
We were eating dinner watching the game at home. Was between my Jr/Sr year at brother Martin.
2001: 9/11
My roommate who just smoked a lot of weed and slept till 12 everyday actually woke me up to tell me. Apt at LSU. Tiger plaza in tiger land I think it was called or something like that. Right by railroad tracks on Nicholson. I only stayed in BR 3 nights a week.
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan
Working as a tech at a PT clinic.
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled
Didn’t see on TV
2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV)
In saint Augustine at PT school while rest of family had evacuated NOLA. Easily the most helpless and guilty I’ve ever felt in my life.
2008: Obama is declared president
Had just driven back to NOLA from voting in St Augustine. Was working a traveling contract(didn’t vote for Obama)
2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased
On couch in my wife and I’s condo.
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:57 pm to dbuchanon
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This. I remember they did a tv show on Jessica in the well
Sunday night movie of the week. As I kid I was pretty sure they got her out but it was still suspenseful as hell
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:58 pm to PiscesTiger
OJ- Driving around Minden trying to find a blender
For margaritas.
OKC-in class college
9/11- sitting in my parents living room before work
For margaritas.
OKC-in class college
9/11- sitting in my parents living room before work
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:01 pm to PiscesTiger
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1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh)
I remember this one well. I had skipped school and came back into the house to go back to sleep after my mom left for work. The sirens on the news woke me up.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:23 pm to PiscesTiger
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1994: OJ Simpson chase
Day-care
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1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh)
Pre-school
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1998: President Clinton addressing the nation for the first (honest) time on Lewinsky.
1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61
2nd or 3rd grade
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2001: 9/11
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan
5th grade
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2003: Hussein's statue is toppled
7th grade
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2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV)
9th grade
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2008: Obama is declared president
Senior in HS
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2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased
College
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:28 pm to PiscesTiger
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1994: OJ Simpson chase
Just getting home from a little league game.
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1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61
On the bus on the way home from a JV football game.
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2001: 9/11
In class, senior year of high school.
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2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV)
Fraternity house, lived there at the time. I don’t think the channel was changed for weeks.
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2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased
In my apartment alone, seems like it was just a Tuesday or something.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:37 pm to PiscesTiger
Well considering I was 8 when the 90s ended not a lot from there, I do remember Y2K and my dad bitching about Clinton.
The rest I remember fairly well
The rest I remember fairly well
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:43 pm to PiscesTiger
1994: OJ Simpson chase - playing football outside with friends
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh) - school
1998: President Clinton addressing the nation for the first (honest) time on Lewinsky. - don’t remember
1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61 - watching on tv in my bedroom
2001: 9/11 - sleeping, as I was working nights and just got off a few hours before.
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan - watching on tv
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled - watching on tv
2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV) - I was in Houma riding it out
2008: Obama is declared president - watching on tv
2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased - watching on tv
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh) - school
1998: President Clinton addressing the nation for the first (honest) time on Lewinsky. - don’t remember
1998: Mark McGwire breaks 61 - watching on tv in my bedroom
2001: 9/11 - sleeping, as I was working nights and just got off a few hours before.
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan - watching on tv
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled - watching on tv
2005: 1st images of Katrina (some of you will have seen it much more personally than via TV) - I was in Houma riding it out
2008: Obama is declared president - watching on tv
2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased - watching on tv
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:43 pm to PiscesTiger
1994: OJ Simpson chase - At work in a pizza delivery place in college.
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh) - Don't remember, but probably the same place.
2001: 9/11 - A newsroom in the northeast US
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan - Don't remember
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled - don't remember
All of the others were witnessed on a television in my home.
1995: OKC bombing (T. McVeigh) - Don't remember, but probably the same place.
2001: 9/11 - A newsroom in the northeast US
2001: TV shows bombs being dropped on Afghanistan - Don't remember
2003: Hussein's statue is toppled - don't remember
All of the others were witnessed on a television in my home.
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 7/3/18 at 11:03 pm to PiscesTiger
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2011: Bin Laden announced as deceased
In bed with my Pakistani girlfriend/LSU undergrad in her crappy apartments off Nicholson. I looked at her like wtf? And we laughed about it.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 11:04 pm to PiscesTiger
None of your damn business, why? What did you hear?
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