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Old 28 October 2010, 03:48 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by joeychitwood View Post
Three moments in time that seemed to stop the world in my memory:

1) JFK assassination. I remember my mom and dad crying, something I had never seen before, and it scared me.
2) Shuttle Challenger exploding. Our belief in "technological infallibility" died.
3) The 9/11 attacks on the WTC. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
These are the three that I lived through and were the most significant in my lifetime.

I would have to rank them:

1. The JFK assassination

2. 911

3. The Challenger exploding
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