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It still gives me chills to watch that.
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Driving home that day I heard the song "Alive and Kicking" by Simple Minds, and now I get chills whenever I hear that.
Interesting how the woman walked inside to check the television? Sometimes reality must be verified.
Oh now, she just wanted to hear someone explain what happened.
I was in college that day; in Orlando (University of Central Florida). I didn't see the actual explosion, but if I were outside at that time, I would have. I walked out maybe 15 seconds after it happened. I can remember looking at that trail, just like you see it in that video and the confusion going on in my mind about it. The news around campus spread quickly though, and it wasn't but a few minutes later that everyone knew what had happened.

It was something I will never forget. I wasn't alive when Kennedy was shot, but people say it was like that.

Yep, I was sitting in my cubicle in Colorado Springs, and I remember exactly who came in to tell me about it. Just like it was yesterday.
You can tell from the video that was a cold day. It not only "looks cold," but someone has wrapped a sheet around a shrub to protect it.
I have similar feelings, different place though: in my science class we were watching a video, and then the teacher changed it to the news.
Watching those videos makes it feel like we lost Challenger just yesterday. :-(