How old were you when JFK killed

[DURHAM D]

27. I had just turned 19 three days earlier.

Sophomore in college. I was listening to the radio and heard the first report. I walked down the hall of my apartment and asked my roommate if she heard it. We both agreed it was probably a joke but not at all funny. Right after that they announced "This is not a prank or a joke the President has been shot". We immediately got dressed and ran 5 blocks to the student union to watch on tv.

The entire campus was in collective shock. My college announced they would not be canceling classes for the funeral on Monday so naturally we gathered on the lawn in front of the administrative building that weekend to protest. They never did officially relent but many of the professors joined the students in protest and no classes were held on the 22nd.

During the following week we decided to pool our money and buy a tv. None of us had a car so we walked to the store and brought it home in a wagon we borrowed from the kid next door.