I wasn't born yet, however I can remember my mom telling me how everyone remembers where they were when they heard that awful news. I didn't really know what she meant by that, I didn't remember much, but that changed when I heard about the Challenger explosion--4th grade, my teacher came in crying and told us about it--that was the first tragedy I came to remember as strongly as many of you remember Kennedy's assassination.

Unfortunatley, I can remember quite a few others now too, for example the Oklahoma City bombings, the Columbine shooting, the first time the WTC was bombed, 9-11, and others, all of which are making me sad to think about.