Trivia question

[christopher575]

When I found out that the Challenger exploded, I was at the same place my mother was when she found out JFK was assassinated. Can you guess where that was? Be specific, the city doesn't count.

Comments

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

Spanish class? Because that's where I was.
You would have been about 11 so you must have been in school, right?

[christopher575.livejournal.com]

I never took Spanish.

But my mom and I both went to the same middle school and high school, and we were both in the courtyard at Taft in Albuquerque. I was outside because a truck bumped a gas pipe or something, forcing an evacuation. I presume she was just between classes when she heard.

[cmorley.livejournal.com]

I was out of school that day. I'd just moved to Port Angeles and was still using a dentist in Seattle. So, my mom and I took a day trip to Seattle. She wanted to go in a Goodwill or Value Village or some shit, and I was watching this on the TV display.

On the anniversary I wound up in the exact same store watching their TV display. This time, the news was about "one year later" so I wound up watching the exact same footage at the exact same store. It kind of creeped me out.

[filarabit.livejournal.com]

Damit ... I got here too late... I think I was standing with you possibly... and I remember that Tim Kram came out basically in tears and told us what happened.