Blogpost Entry:
When I spoke to my mom, I was surprised that none of her historical events matched up with mine. Her top three were
When Elvis died
When the Challenger blew up
When Ronald Reagan was shot
My top three were very different, mine were
9/11
When Princess Diana died
When the plane landed in the water in New York on January 15, 2009
The things I remembered were not the exact events, but more what I remember from where I was when they happened. When 9/11 happened, I was in the third grade. My cousin Drew had just been born just two days before and we were at my aunts house in Illinois. Being a third grader, when word of this happened I was much more interested in watching the cartoon show “Recess”. But my mom made me change the channel, and now I know how silly I was for not wanting to watch it. When we got home later that day, I called my friend to see if volleyball practice was still on since of all that was happening. I then found out that at my grade school, they were not allowed to talk about what happened, and if they did they got sent straight to the principles office.
When Princess Diana died, I was very small. But I remember being in the family room at our house at the time very, very early in the morning watching the funeral with my mom. I remember that my mom was crying, and that I was infatuated by the gorgeous dress that the princess was wearing when they were replaying moments of her life.
When the plane landed in the Hudson River, it was my sixteenth birthday. I got home from school and my family and I watched on the tv in the kitchen. We were so amazed by what was happening, and I knew that I would always remember this because it was my sixteenth birthday.
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