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At that time I was 17 years old and working in a, make that only, hotel in our town. I had just finished work and had gone down to the kitchen (to get and eat the free meal we could have) when the assistant manager came in and told us the news. There was total silence that lasted for what seemed a long time, but in reality I guess was just a few moments, while we all tried to absorb what we had just been told. I just left and walked home, and cried all the way. I am not good with words, the best I can do is to say that my world shifted and shook that day. I think what Laurie wrote is part of how it felt for me too.
".... and all felt strongly that this was the beginning of the end of innocence. Indeed it was."
Chris
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I wasn't born yet.
Kirsten
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I talked to my sister last night and asked her where she was. She was almost 9 and in 3rd grade. She went to a Catholic school and she said she remembered the announcement and that the nuns just suddenly disappeared and the other teachers herding the kids out of the school to send them home. She said it was kind of an eery saddness. I haven't asked my other sister who would have been 11 and in 5th grade, I'm sure she has a stronger recollection than Bev.
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Hmmm, I had just turned 9 and was in the fourth grade. For once, I was one of the first in from recess when the loudspeaker started crackling the announcement. We were all stunned and confused. It seems they first announced the shooting and it was hours before they announced his death, but I may be remembering it wrong...
