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PennsylvaniaMatt

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9. I am 18 years old

Reply to texanwitch (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:19 PM

Dec 2012

I was 6 when 9/11 happened, and I lived outside of New York City, so that effected me to an extent, but I can't remember the last time I cried at a news event. It happened when President Obama started to tear up in his speech on Friday, and then again watching NBC Nightly News when a local pastor was describing what had happened.

This story hits home to me because it happened 45 minutes from where I lived in New York for 10 years, and I know that area very well.

God bless all of those effected....

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For the younger members of DU, this is what it felt like when JFK was killed. [View all] texanwitch Dec 2012 OP

Struggling with senseless loss and the shock therefrom...nt PCIntern Dec 2012 #1

Pretty close. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #2

It was pretty awful Floyd_Gondolli Dec 2012 #5

Your right it is that way for me. I haven't been able to stop crying. I feel so southernyankeebelle Dec 2012 #3

I was only 8 when JFK was killed but do remember being devastated. A Brand New World Dec 2012 #4

I was 23 years old and at home with a small baby RebelOne Dec 2012 #20

I didn't know if I should have posted this but it has felt the same to me. texanwitch Dec 2012 #6

I wondered about that at school on Friday RayOfHope Dec 2012 #7

This has to be so hard on you being a kindergarten teacher. texanwitch Dec 2012 #8

I was a senior in high school when JFK was shot. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #10

This will be a event that everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news. texanwitch Dec 2012 #12

My coworker is from Newtown Sisaruus Dec 2012 #18

Yes...that is what it is like..but worse when Kennedy was killed...How could it be worse??? Stuart G Dec 2012 #14

I am 18 years old PennsylvaniaMatt Dec 2012 #9

For me, the breaking point this weekend was reading about the 27-year-old teacher coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #11

She was very brave. texanwitch Dec 2012 #13

I was too young to remember JFK. Cobalt Violet Dec 2012 #15

This is definitely one of those gut-wrenching collective horrors. TygrBright Dec 2012 #16

It's sad, but not the same SoCalDem Dec 2012 #17

What I am meaning is the national grief and pain. texanwitch Dec 2012 #19