An event that you will always remember.

[5Stars]

Aside from 911, what television event do you remember what it was and where you were. What day sticks out in your mind from watching it on TV or the news.

[cowboyeric8]

When we found Saddam. It was a random night, and late in the night at that. My dad and I randomly decided to turn the channel to CNN and there was footage of the men who found him. I just remember that because it was with my dad and we didn't even know what was happening until we changed the channel to CNN, which I doubt we really have since, ha.

[dexternjack]

The first night of Desert Storm when the bombs started flying in the early 90's. I must have stayed up all night watching CNN, waiting to see what was gonna happen next. The mental picture is when the missiles (Tomahawks I think) were lifting off the destroyer in the middle of the night.

[TheSport78]

1. Parent's divorce
2. 9/11
3. Father's death
4. Bobbled snap

[FloridaRob]

JFK getting shot-They came on the loud speaker in class in the third grade.

Challenger Blew Up-I remember listening to the news that morning and about it being delayed but thinking they need to go ahead and send it up because it had gotten so routine. I turned the radio off and when I got to an appointment that morning in Deridder, La the home owner came out of his house telling me the space ship blew up. The rest of the day was a blur.

[Bill Wooten]

Aside from the obvious, big moments.

-Nightly bomb damage assessments from Desert Storm
-The Minister of Information from Iraq. That guy was priceless.

[Kingsmith88]

Aside from 911, what television event do you remember what it was and where you were. What day sticks out in your mind from watching it on TV or the news.

Challenger explosion

[67CowboysFan]

Marilyn Monroe found dead
JFK assassination
Space shuttle disaster (both)

[Sam I Am]

Challenger explosion

This. I was in home room watching the launch in 7th grade.

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

9-11. I think I was in 1st grade then.

[Hostile]

Challenger without a doubt. I was in a camera shop in Provo, UT and the store owner and I watched it unfold. We both were numb.

The Oklahoma City Bombing. I was working on a house and the owner came outside and told me to come inside because something big had happened.

When Reagan was shot. My 11th grade History Teacher loved current events. Kids came running into class with the current event of the year. There was no class instruction that day. We listened to the news over the PS system for the entire class period. We left class not knowing if Reagan was alive or dead. His assignment for us was to write about how this event made us feel.

[dexternjack]

I would have said the shuttle explosion as well but I was in 10th grade at the time and it was during school. It wasn't something I watched unfold, as some of the other answers here.

[wittenacious]

Apollo 11, specifically: the launch; the lunar landing; Neil Armstrong's first step on the surface of the moon; the planting of the American Flag.[/URL][URL="http://images02.olx.com/ui/11/77/05/1297541522_166467205_1-Pictures-of--Apollo-11-DVD-Neil-Armstrong-NASA-FIRST-MOON-LANDING-1969.jpg"]http://images02.olx.com/ui/11/77/05/1297541522_166467205_1-Pictures-of--Apollo-11-DVD-Neil-Armstrong-NASA-FIRST-MOON-LANDING-1969.jpg (http://images02.olx.com/ui/11/77/05/1297541522_166467205_1-Pictures-of--Apollo-11-DVD-Neil-Armstrong-NASA-FIRST-MOON-LANDING-1969.jpg)I was young but very aware of it all. Still have clear memories of events, like where I was, family interactions about it, etc. My whole family was tuned in to as much of it as we could watch each day.

Big deal back then.

[Hostile]

Apollo 11, specifically: the launch; the lunar landing; Neil Armstrong's first step on the surface of the moon; the planting of the American Flag.[/URL][URL="http://images02.olx.com/ui/11/77/05/1297541522_166467205_1-Pictures-of--Apollo-11-DVD-Neil-Armstrong-NASA-FIRST-MOON-LANDING-1969.jpg"]http://images02.olx.com/ui/11/77/05/1297541522_166467205_1-Pictures-of--Apollo-11-DVD-Neil-Armstrong-NASA-FIRST-MOON-LANDING-1969.jpg (http://images02.olx.com/ui/11/77/05/1297541522_166467205_1-Pictures-of--Apollo-11-DVD-Neil-Armstrong-NASA-FIRST-MOON-LANDING-1969.jpg)I was young but very aware of it all. Still have clear memories of events, like where I was, family interactions about it, etc. My whole family was tuned in to as much of it as we could watch each day.

Big deal back then.Yes, this one too. What I remember most was that my Grandpa was convinced it was a hoax. He had lived through the War of the Worlds scare.

[Kingsmith88]

This. I was in home room watching the launch in 7th grade.
:laugh2:
8th grade home room


Forgot two things. Regan being shot I was mad Scooby Doo wasn't on and when John Lennon was shot I was at the laundromat with my mom.

[lane]

the hail mary game

cowboys winning superbowl 12.

cowboys winning the 92 nfc championship.

the morning news telling me john ritter died....loved john ritter.

the morning news telling me george carlin died...loved george carlin.

challenger explosion

the summer of 1977 when the ticker on the bottom of the screen of the show i was watching announced that elvis presley was dead at 42 years old.

[Jammer]

There's a lot I remember where I was when it happened.

First and last moon landing. I didn't think it was that big a deal back then, but I never dreamed we wouldn't go back up there.

Lennon getting murdered

Reagan shot

Challenger explosion - I was stationed in England and I read daily reports of the teacher going through all her training exercises until I was sick of them. I really felt badly after that

There's more, but that's the ones that quickly come to mind.

[wittenacious]

Yes, this one too. What I remember most was that my Grandpa was convinced it was a hoax. He had lived through the War of the Worlds scare.
Re: your Grandpa... that's so funny, but true of the times.

Reminds me of having watched an obviously older gentleman — late 80s, early 90s I'm guessing — shown being interviewed on TV, outside in the daytime, being asked to look up at a high flying jet and its contrail. I think it was during the Apollo 11 pre-launch media buildup.

The reporter asked him what he thought about the whole mission to fly to the moon and land on it. I remember him saying something like, "Oh, I don't believe men can fly." The reporter, again pointing skyward to the jet passing high overhead, asked, "What about planes?" He looked up and answered, "I don't really know what that is. If it's a plane... well how can it stay in the air? No, I don't believe it."

Something along those lines. We got a good chuckle out of it. My dad was an Air Force jet pilot, so we paid attention.

Obviously they'd intentionally found an elderly man who was not too in touch with the outside world or modern (for the time) flight, much less understanding of space flight. It was hard for the older folks to understand or be willing - or even able - to believe in. A percentage of them, anyway.

Wonder if he'd been adversely affected by H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds radio broadcast, too? It's sure possible.

[trickblue]

I was working a show in New Orleans one time...

One of the guys I worked with called me and wanted to attempt standby (pre 9/11)

That weekend was the opening of Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet...

I was running late and I dashed out of the cab and flat out FLATTENED the guy right outside of the cab...

It was nose to nose... and it was Jimmy Buffet... to this day I wonder what he thought about that... I flat out bowled him over like a steam roller... at 6'1" 200 I am not a small guy...

The look on his face was horror... I told him I liked his music and proceeded on to the flight...

[SMASHMOUTH9473]

9/11 & the mt. carmel assault here in Waco are vivid memories. ...personally, the deaths of my parents and the heart surgeries of my son will always be remembered.

[trickblue]

9/11 & the mt. carmel assault here in Waco are vivid memories. ...personally, the deaths of my parents and the heart surgeries of my son will always be remembered.

Care to elaborate on your son? Lot's of members here would be willing to offer comfort/prayers...

Many of our membership have lost children... it's never good but you could relate to some in the same situation...

[WoodysGirl]

You guys named some good ones, but the one I remember was the OJ Simpson Bronco highways slow speed chase during the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the Rockets. I was SCREAMING at the TV to turn back to the game.

[yimyammer]

The USA vs USSR olympic hockey game USA won...do you believe in miracles?

The night my granddad fell asleep at the wheel (for the umpteenth time) and we ended up in someones living room

[wittenacious]

You guys named some good ones, but the one I remember was the OJ Simpson Bronco highways slow speed chase during the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the Rockets. I was SCREAMING at the TV to turn back to the game.
That's a great one! I was home, glued to the TV during the whole thing. Vividly remember it all. Got sucked into it with all the rest of the OJ-chase viewing world. I was oblivious to anything else going on while watching it.

I think the continual suggestion that OJ might kill himself was the lure the media used to hook us, then reel us in to watch the whole thing. Whatever all was involved — all those images and the unfolding story — it made for some intense real life drama; very compelling TV.

[silverbear]

Aside from 911, what television event do you remember what it was and where you were. What day sticks out in your mind from watching it on TV or the news.

The Kennedy assassination... I was home for lunch, going to school at Terrace Hills Elementary School in El Paso... I was in 6th grade...

When we put a man on the moon... I was on a family vacation, visiting other family out in Oregon... this was just before the start of my senior year in high school...

[silverbear]

You guys named some good ones, but the one I remember was the OJ Simpson Bronco highways slow speed chase during the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the Rockets. I was SCREAMING at the TV to turn back to the game.

I can picture you now... LOL...

[davidyee]

...I still remember where I was and what I was doing when they announced Elvis had died.

Things a person remembers.

[big dog cowboy]

Aside from 911, what television event do you remember what it was and where you were. What day sticks out in your mind from watching it on TV or the news.

:lombardi:

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Challenger Explosion - 6th grade home room.

2004 Indian Ocean tsunami - Driving back from a hunting trip and heard it on the radio. It sounded big, but I had no idea until I got home and flipped on the TV.

2011 Japan tsunami - I had just got to work and it was starting to break on all the news channels. Again, I had no idea how big until I saw footage.

The killing of Bin Laden - Sitting with my son on the couch and high fiving. I remeber reveling in in the sorrow that his followers and supporters must have felt.

[WV Cowboy]

Lots of things, .. but my earliest "where was I" memory was Kennedy's assassination.

I was in the 4th grade. I lived the closest to the school so my teacher sent me home to get a transistor radio and bring it back.

I got home, but forgot to go back. I got in a lot of trouble for that one.

Hey, .. I was a nine yrs old.

[jimmy40]

Apollo 13

[Faerluna]

Challenger explosion - We had an assembly in the theater to watch the liftoff. We all sat there, stunned and wide-eyed. I remember it was very sad.

When John Lennon was shot - I was 10 and they broke in to the tv show with the announcement. My family listened to country music and at the time, I didn't even know who he was. I remember asking my mom who he was, and she replied, "He was one of the Beatles."

Then I had to ask who The Beatles were. Little did I know how much they would matter to me later on.

[wittenacious]

Apollo 13
The actual event was scary, as facts came to light, but I don't remember being drawn into the drama of it all at the time. Looking back, I wish I'd been more engrossed while it was all happening.

Apollo 13, the movie... now that was awesome! The retelling by director Ron Howard was brilliantly done. 5-Stars, IMO... especially because everybody got back alive.

(BTW- Love your sig, j40. So true.)

[Lonestar94]

I was working a show in New Orleans one time...

One of the guys I worked with called me and wanted to attempt standby (pre 9/11)

That weekend was the opening of Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet...

I was running late and I dashed out of the cab and flat out FLATTENED the guy right outside of the cab...

It was nose to nose... and it was Jimmy Buffet... to this day I wonder what he thought about that... I flat out bowled him over like a steam roller... at 6'1" 200 I am not a small guy...

The look on his face was horror... I told him I liked his music and proceeded on to the flight...

Omg :laugh2:

[wittenacious]

The OP:
Aside from 911, what television event do you remember what it was and where you were. What day sticks out in your mind from watching it on TV or the news.

Not doggin' on ya, minimalist, just explaining my fun-poking... meant to be good-natured. Your post made me laugh.

Ah, my first time memories. Then I got a girlfriend, like you had. :laugh2:

[03EBZ06]

Watching my three kids being delivered.

Making Chief Petty Officer and it's initiation process

9/11

Challenger Explosion

EA-18G aircraft being flown for the first time because I was involved with its developmental program

[RS12]

Being in the epi center of the Northridge quake in 94. Trust me when I tell you that is something I will never forget.

Moon landing in 1969.

[Phoenix]

Tony Dorsett's 99 yard TD run against the Vikings :)

Challenger explosion - I was in a ski lodge in Austria watching on a b&w 13" TV as it happened

"One small step for man" - we had a TV showing the landing in our classroom

Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie - I had a good friend on that flight. We were both airmen in the Air Force, stationed at Ramstein, West Germany and worked together.

[rynochop]

You guys named some good ones, but the one I remember was the OJ Simpson Bronco highways slow speed chase during the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the Rockets. I was SCREAMING at the TV to turn back to the game.

Lol, that's funny, same here. I was at my girlfriends family reunion or something at an American legions hall here in beaumont. Huge Rockets fan back then.

The Bush/Gore election night was another, remember staying up til like 3 am waiting on that one to resolve..ha

[jimmy40]

The actual event was scary, as facts came to light, but I don't remember being drawn into the drama of it all at the time. Looking back, I wish I'd been more engrossed while it was all happening.

Apollo 13, the movie... now that was awesome! The retelling by director Ron Howard was brilliantly done. 5-Stars, IMO... especially because everybody got back alive.

(BTW- Love your sig, j40. So true.)I was almost 7 years old and we only got one channel on tv, sometimes two depending on the weather and it was a really big deal on our one channel with Walter Cronkite and at school so it stuck with me.
Ron Howard wasn't even nominated for best director for the movie, and Hanks wasn't nominated for best actor, hard to believe.

[SMASHMOUTH9473]

Care to elaborate on your son? Lot's of members here would be willing to offer comfort/prayers...

Many of our membership have lost children... it's never good but you could relate to some in the same situation...

The day he was born, he was air lifted to Children's Hospital in Dallas. Long story short... he had 3 valves instead of 4 in his heart. he was blue...literally blue....commonly refered as blue baby syndrome. he's 8 years old now,...3 open heart surgeries. more to come as his heart grows. he's my nephew/son...I'm the only dad he's ever known. real dad & mom=BIL & SIL..BOTH ARE A POS. signed over parental rights before he was born so CPS wouldn't take him at birth. Thankful for Dr. John Hopkins for discovering how to correct the heart valve problem years ago.

[03EBZ06]

One more...

Experiencing a huge earthquake measuring 7.6 Richter scale, lasting over 60 seconds while I was stationed on an Island called Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean, in 1983. Lot of damages but no deaths.

[Questfor6]

The day we drafted Greg Ellis over Randy Moss. I was 11 sitting in my Cowboys bean bag chair planning on going ape**** b/c I had watched Moss since he was in high school (killed us every year), but when Taglibue said Greg Ellis I literally threw up in my trash can.

[wittenacious]

The day he was born, he was air lifted to Children's Hospital in Dallas. Long story short... he had 3 valves instead of 4 in his heart. he was blue...literally blue....commonly refered as blue baby syndrome. he's 8 years old now,...3 open heart surgeries. more to come as his heart grows. he's my nephew/son...I'm the only dad he's ever known. real dad & mom=BIL & SIL..BOTH ARE A POS. signed over parental rights before he was born so CPS wouldn't take him at birth. Thankful for Dr. John Hopkins for discovering how to correct the heart valve problem years ago.
Thanks for sharing this. I admire how you stepped in and took over as his dad. Sorry for the circumstances that led to that, but it seems you love him very much and treat him as though he is your natural son.

How has he been handling all of the things life's thrown at him ever since he was born?

As trickblue said, many here have lost children or seen their kids face mortal danger and can truly empathize. I don't know who they all are, but personal stories like these get shared from time to time. Appreciate you trusting all of us by telling us about this situation. People here are respectful about this sort of thing.

My best wishes go out to you, your son (closer than a nephew now) and any and all others who play a part in making his life better. He deserves a break or two. You both do.

[5Stars]

Thanks for all the great memories/stories...

But, I'm surprised nobody mentioned the times when Casey Anthony or O.J. were found not guilty. (although WG did mention the car chase).

Also, I know exactly where I was when the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

[SMASHMOUTH9473]

Your welcome...he's been a blessing. Dr won't let him play football. He does play Little League Baseball. Hellva pitcher...smallest kid out there yet he throws strike after strike. When he throws, he's damn near impossible for the other kids to get a piece of the ball. Real deceiving just by looking at him. Only gave up 4 hits this year. Played in PeeWee division. He plays with HEART....I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM. He'll have to have more surgeries until his heart stops growing. We have told him where he came from recently... he understands. He's made me look a life differently. He's made me grow up just by being who he is. Me and God talk a lot. I'm thankful that he listened.

[WoodysGirl]

Thanks for all the great memories/stories...

But, I'm surprised nobody mentioned the times when Casey Anthony or O.J. were found not guilty. (although WG did mention the car chase).

Also, I know exactly where I was when the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
Well, on the day of the verdict, I was in a journalism class, and they had a TV set up for us to watch.

Needless to say there were some shocked expressions on people's faces.

[5Stars]

Well, on the day of the verdict, I was in a journalism class, and they had a TV set up for us to watch.

Needless to say there were some shocked expressions on people's faces.

When O.J. was found not guilty I had just got off work and was in a pub with about 25 others when the verdict came out on TV. Up until that time, the crowd was buzzing, then came the announcement on the TV that everyone was waiting for...the whole place just kinda froze in disbelief.

[Phrozen Phil]

On the bad side, it was hearing about John Lennon's death. I'd been teaching skiing all day and turned on my car radio, only to hear he'd been shot. Before I knew it, 45 minutes had passed while I listened to the details. Growing up in the 60's, I was huge Beatles fan.

On the good side (you guys are going to hate this one) was when Sid "the Kid" Crosby scored in O/T to help Canada defeat the U.S.A. for the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Ironically, I was on a cruise ship in the Carribean, surrounded by American fans. It was all great fun and we spent the rest of the time buying each other drinks, discussing what a great game it was.

There were many others, including 9/11, but those are the ones to spring to my mind.

[5Stars]

Another one of mine was when Ali And Foreman Rumbled In The Jungle. I thought for sure that Ali was going to get his butt kicked. :laugh2:

I think Foreman retired after that fight he was so devastated!

[wittenacious]

Your welcome...he's been a blessing. Dr won't let him play football. He does play Little League Baseball. Hellva pitcher...smallest kid out there yet he throws strike after strike. When he throws, he's damn near impossible for the other kids to get a piece of the ball. Real deceiving just by looking at him. Only gave up 4 hits this year. Played in PeeWee division. He plays with HEART....I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM. He'll have to have more surgeries until his heart stops growing. We have told him where he came from recently... he understands. He's made me look a life differently. He's made me grow up just by being who he is. Me and God talk a lot. I'm thankful that he listened.
Man, that all sounds awesome! And your son sounds like a great boy with a great outlook, who has a great relationship with you. And it looks like you've got a smart, budding little star of a baseball player... pitcher, no less... coming up. Loved all the particulars you included. I used to watch a very special little boy (like yours) as he came up in Pee Wee Ball, too.

As it happens, my older of two sons played baseball, from Pee Wee T-Ball on up through Varsity Baseball for 3 years in HS. Lefty pitcher. At 6'4, 215, the HS Football Coach, who I knew pretty well, kept asking him if he'd consider going out for the Varsity Football team. I was even asked to put a bug in his ear about it. I asked but didn't push.

He just plainly told me he would prefer to stick with one sport, Baseball, and dedicate himself to being the best he could be. What could I say? He was carrying straight-As in all of his classes so who was I to rock his boat, even if I was the type of father to be so inclined?

I've always been very proud of him. Very close, also. In fact I moved to So. Arizona to live with him. He was here all by himself and I was living alone in another state, as it happened. He and I still get along extremely well. I tell you this to say, keep it up, it's all worth it to have the kind of supportive relationship with your son that you described.

And the last part (black bold) sounds wonderful. You're doing it right, it seems. Again, keep it up. And keep your spirits up. The rewards will keep coming. If right wins out, I guarantee it. ;)

[wittenacious]

I was almost 7 years old and we only got one channel on tv, sometimes two depending on the weather and it was a really big deal on our one channel with Walter Cronkite and at school so it stuck with me.
Ron Howard wasn't even nominated for best director for the movie, and Hanks wasn't nominated for best actor, hard to believe.
I think your sig line is the perfect, reasoned response to this. "You can't spell bias without BS." Not saying that certain of the competition shouldn't have won, but for Howard and Hanks to not even be nominated in those catagories... ???

Hollywood Awards Shows and their "What were they thinkin'?" moments. :confused:

I gave up even trying to figure it out a long time ago. Lots of backroom dealing involved, in general, say what they may about fair balloting practices. Just my opinion.