How old were you when JFK killed

[Neutrino_603]

178. Ten years old

My mother appeared at our classroom door with the school secretary, the two of them sharing looks of teary eyed distress. l was being taken out of class early & wondering why. On our way out, while at the school office, l stood by quietly as l overheard my mother, the very upset administration & staff all talking about the news, the president had been shot in Dallas. School buses were arriving, lining up out front. There was a very sad, tense vibe throughout the school lobby. Other parents began to appear, all equally distressed, upset. l began to wonder if we were going to get hit by an atom bomb, this being the era of 'duck & cover' taking a prominent place in our classroom's curriculum.

A very sad, confusing period. Later in the week sitting crosslegged on the floor in front of the tv watched a grimacing fat man shoulder his way onto the tv screen to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald in the stomach. l'll never forget the look of agony explode across Oswald's face.

l got my mittens, hat & coat on, walked out the backdoor to sit in waist deep frosty grass under an old apple tree and just stared ...