Where were you when??? - Freeze-Frame Radio

Date: Wed Nov 10 11:12 2004

Where were you when???

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Good idea for a thread!

I was in a high school Current Events class (ironically).

They announced the news over the intercom, and since I was in a current events class the teacher though it was important enough news to the theme of the class that he ran and brough in a TV from the AV department and we spent the next 40 minutes of the class watching news footage.

Definately a sad day. It was the first time a Wisconsinite was on board too, so it was really sad around here.

Trish · The Procrastinating Red-Head

I was in Health class. Our teacher was pretty cool, so he had a t.v. in there and we were watching it. The thing that shocked us the most was that one of our teachers was an alternate to be on the shuttle if Krista McAuliffe ended up not going. That freaked me out.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

HEY! THAT'S JUST FREAKY! CHRISTA WAS THE ONE FROM WISCONSIN!

Small world!

Trish · The Procrastinating Red-Head

I think what saddened me the most about the Challenger blowing up (besides the loss of life, which is always sad), was that her children and husband were there. They saw it happen and were powerless to do anything about it. It was definitely something that I will never forget.

On 9/11, I was getting ready to go see my grandfather, who was in the hospital. I didn't even know anything was going on. We had satellite and I had it on Lifetime. They never broke in and said anything was going on. I got in the car to take my daughter to my sister-in-law's and heard people talking about something big that happened, but I had no idea what was going on. I got to my sister-in-law's and she told me about it. My knees went weak. I was dumbfounded and numb. I couldn't believe it. I went and saw my grandfather and he said this was the worst thing since Pearl Harbor. We lived under the holding flight pattern for the St. Louis airport and the silence was deafening when the planes couldn't fly. I don't think you could ever forget something so tragic.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

Sophmore year Spanish 101 class. I think one of the priests got on the PA and was weeping and announced it. (He was later convicted of being a child molester). No one pulled tvs out, I think we just said a prayer and moved on with the lesson.

Date: Thu Nov 11 10:48 2004

I remember that day really well because I was home sick from school that day and I watched news coverage on the tragedy all day long.

I was too young to really understand what it was all about, but I knew something very bad had happened and remember my mom being very upset about it all

Mocrzy · Patient Zero

I was in Class at the time, I remember all of the classes bringing in TV's and turning on the news...they changed the curriculum for the week to go over what it meant & to integrate it into the learning time...they did this because so many of us, even in 1rst grade couldn't understand why the grown-ups were so sad, I remember we did a brain-storming lesson to see what could have done to prevent the tragedy...I vividly remember kids talking about parachutes, or putting pillows on the ground to break the fall...great idea for 1rst graders, but so sadly optimistic...especially looking back on that tragedy with the hindsight of the Columbia Disaster.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

Thought this would be a good topic to resurrect. Where were you when Ronald Reagan got shot? (Feel free to add your own where were you topic here by the way...eg where were you when you heard Princess Diana died? ....anything wordly big...)

I was in the 5th grade and playing kick-ball at lunch-time recess when my teacher, Miss Manion, came over and said "hey the president was shot, you can come in and watch the covereage if you want." I forget what we chose, but I remember being home later in the day watching my little 12 inch black and white tv in my bedroom just awed at the coverage.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

I was young enough that I don't remember where I was when Reagan got shot.

When Challenger exploded, I was at my grandma's house (I don't remember why, likely because I was sick because my mom always took me to my grandma's when I was sick) watching the launch. I remember not understanding what happened. I think I didn't think it was real.

9/11 I was at work. We always had the radio on, so I heard about it on there. Then my boss turned his TV on and I sat in there watching it with him for a while when the second plane crashed. It was really surreal. I also remember everyone in our town scurrying to the gas stations thinking there was going to be a gas shortage. They hiked prices up and people were lining up down the street. Luckily, I was skeptical, and bought my gas at the normal price the next day.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

On 9/11 Riggs and I and a couple of friends were going to go to The Brewers game to show our friends the new stadium for the first time. Even tho all games were cancelled, we still all went over to Rigg's house and grilled out and talked about everything that was happening that day. We all were thankful that on even that worst of days, we were still able to get together and at least try and have a good day.

Somechick · Chairwoman Of The Board

Reagan Shot: I was too young to know where I was, probably taking a nap.

Challenger: I was in 1st grade, and my class was able to watch it live on tv. It was almost unbelievable what happened, and I think it really shocked my teacher. The rest of us didn't quite understand that it was real and that these people had died.

9/11: I was on my way to work listening to a local radio station. They had their sports guy on at that time and suddenly their news person broke in with the story that the first tower had been hit. It seemed like big news, but they kept on talking. After the 2nd plane hit, all bets were off. That day was so surreal at work. We all were glued to the tvs and the radio. At the time I was living at my parents house, and they were in San Francisco, stuck. They ended up being there for 5 extra days until the airports reopened. It was just about the strangest time of my life.

CP · Lord of the Lair

9/11, I was in Arkansas getting ready to call on one of our Wal-Mart Buyers. I was watching the Today show and ironing my shirt. I was stunned. I wanted to be home with my family. My daughter's birthday was just a couple of days later. The flights had not resumed and so i missed her birthday. That was really tough for me not to be able to be with them during such an emotional time, and no matter what I tried, I could not get out of Bentonville. I could not even get a rental car to drive out--I was about to go to buy a car by the third day of being grounded, but then got out on a plane.

Jimmyc · Standard Member

Reagan: I was at home doing my report for us governement on the lincoln assasination... Too wierd

Challenger: In school and I remember people standing around the tvs in the library

9/11. I was at work alone and I didn't have a Tv/radio there but when I heard the B2B's (stealth bombers)(all of them)scramble I knew something was terribly wrong. (before 9/11 they never took off during daylight. I ran outside saw several f-16's circling the city, heading East and west. I ran inside to call my wife and the lines were overloaded. I honestly thought the 3rd world war had started. I jumped in my car turned on the radio.and found out.. what a sad, sad day.

What about this one. Do you remember where you were the night that Bush 41 came on and said we had begun Desert Storm (the first war in Iraq).

I was in a liquor store buying beer and the guy behind the counter dropped the 12 pak bottles that I was going to buy.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

I was at the liquor store too! Early evening- just watching them taser-lights shoot across the night sky like that on tv. I still remember that sickening feeling of actually being at war. I remember my mom being upset and going to bed early.

-- Edited by JD The Jazz Doctor at 16:50, 2005-03-14

CP · Lord of the Lair

When Bush announced and the strike began on Iraq, first one, I was standing in the lobby next to a full bird colonel. He and I were working on a rooming list and checking in over 300 soldiers into the hotel I was working at. (a language training conference.) He received an urgent phone call, and within two days all soldiers were gone. They had the hotel booked for almost a month and then cleared out. Management was going nuts. It was quite interesting to watch the air strikes and the big guns of the Mighty MO with a bunch of soldiers. Their reaction was different to what I would expect. They were anxious to get over there and aid their troops.

StevieB · Chairman Of The Board

Challenger: I was over in Fairford, England in my dorm room enjoying my day off, watching the launch with some buddies. It wasn't such a good day off in the end.

Bush 41: I was celebrating my birthday and also the seperation of my first marriage.

Diana, Princess of Wales: I was in my back yard working on putting the deck around our pool and my friend came in the back yard and told me about her accident and death.

9/11: I was at work in Boise Idaho and my wife called and told me to go to USATODAY.com and see what was happening. The company president had tvs moved into alot of the breakrooms so that we could watch the goings on. Boise is only about 50 miles from Mountain Home Air Force base and the whole valley seemed to be on alert.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

Princess Diana- that's another worldly moment caught in time. I was working 3rd shift 12 hr days 3 days on 4 off, 4 on, 3 off at the time while finishing college. Day was night, night was day, saturday was tuesday and summer was dark. anyways, at the end of the 10 pm newscast, which had featured alot of info on Mother Theresa who had died, it was announced "It is reported that Princess Diana was in a serious car accident in France.....more info to come as we find out....it was if the newscaster KNEW she was dead, but wasn't authorized to say it yet. I remember reading that in his eyes. " & I just layed on the couch as Jay Leno was continually interruped and finally taken over by NBC news covering the event. I remember thinking how sick it was that I thought "wow, something INTERESTING to watch this evening..."

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

Challenger - 9th grade - I was in the music room for study hall I beleive it was. I remember seeing the video replay of it a thousand times.

Reagan shot - I was only 9 or 10, so it didn;t register as much with me.

Desert Storm - That was a tense one. I was home for Christmas/between semester break from college. I remember watching the tv that whole evening. They had been talking some about the possibility of a draft, and I was the perfect age to be drafted, so I was a bit uptight about it.

9/11 - I was at work supporting remote software installations. We had a tiny B/W tv in our small office that we had on, but mostly I just kept refreshing washingtonpost.com, as it was the only news site I could get on to. I had one screen open to that, and one open to the installations. I remember a local gas station immeadiately hiked their gas prices way up that day - I still avoid that one to this day if I can help it.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

My husband was in the Navy on the way to Australia when he was sent to Iraq for Desert Storm. This was before I met him, but it's the only war I've ever really had to "deal" with other than just watching it on TV. I was still in school, and I remember watching the coverage in class every day. Until I met my husband, I always felt like that war wasn't real. Now, in a way, I have to deal with it for every day for the rest of my life.

Jimmyc · Standard Member

No Doubt... We all do, but I truly admire those that have chosen to serve and the spouses and family that support them. If it wasn't for people like your husband (whether active or not) making the decision to serve we may not have the luxury of doing the everyday things that we take advantage of, mostly never remembering that we are protected 24x7 by brave men and women. Thanks to your husband.

I am probably showing my age here but where were you when the Iranian hostages were Freed?

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

I have to say I wholeheartedly echo those sentiments about those who serve. I wouldn;t be able to make it through boot camp, let alone perform my duty as a soldier, and I greatly admire all the men and women who do. They are selflessly putting themselves in harm's way to protect our way of life for us. Tell your husband thank you for me.

JD The Jazz Doctor · Grand Poobah

I know I was in the 4th grade when the hostages were released, but I forget the details of how I heard. I remember tho seeing the downed helecopters film reels on the Today Show after the failed rescue attempt.