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hedda_foil

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87. Yes.

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 02:38 AM

Nov 2013

I was a freshman at the University of Illinois. I had worked for Kennedy as a 15 year old volunteer in 1960, and all of us Chicago area volunteers got to see him speak at the old International Amphitheater the night before election day. When I heard the president had been shot, I couldn't take it in. I thought the girl who ran into our dorm room meant the president of the university. It simply didn't occur to me that it was JFK. After that, we all ran down to the lounge in our residence hall to watch the television there, and stayed glued to the set for days.

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Yes, I saw it all. ananda Nov 2013 #1

I was four years old. All I remember is watching the funeral procession on live TV... Tx4obama Nov 2013 #2

Five, and two memories: Benton D Struckcheon Nov 2013 #54

I'm your age treestar Nov 2013 #102

It was 7 years before my birth. However, my father worked for the Milwaukee Journal... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #3

Yes, we saw it live on spartan61 Nov 2013 #4

Yes. nt oldhippie Nov 2013 #5

yes. nt grasswire Nov 2013 #6

Yes-my parents were glued, too, and we didn't babylonsister Nov 2013 #7

Yes, I saw it on live TV. I was 14 years old. scarletwoman Nov 2013 #8

That's exactly what my dad said, too. ancianita Nov 2013 #63

My dad said the same thing. Major Hogwash Nov 2013 #65

Yep... Exactly... WillyT Nov 2013 #70

I'm by no means a conspiracy theorist but that Ruby hit still gnaws at me. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2013 #73

Yes. Cleita Nov 2013 #9

Yes. (n/t) spin Nov 2013 #10

Sure did. 2naSalit Nov 2013 #11

Yes frogmarch Nov 2013 #12

Yes, my mother and I saw it�we were stunned. Tikki Nov 2013 #13

No. I was at a memorial service for JFK at my school's chapel in Dallas. El Supremo Nov 2013 #14

Yes, saw it live. I was 14. aristocles Nov 2013 #15

Three days staring at TV in shock, even my Archie Bunker dad. Hoyt Nov 2013 #16

Yes, I saw it all. I was 24 at the time of the JFK's death. RebelOne Nov 2013 #17

Yup. Indelibly imprinted. Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #18

Yes Hangingon Nov 2013 #19

Yes. moondust Nov 2013 #20

yes. spanone Nov 2013 #21

Yup. My father said that since I liked history so much, I better be watching all the coverage. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2013 #22

I don't remember Gman Nov 2013 #23

Yes TuxedoKat Nov 2013 #24

Yes, Sunday morning. Watched it live. CurtEastPoint Nov 2013 #25

Yes. I was 5 and I remember it clearly. ..nt TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #26

Yes, not believing what I was seeing. TheCowsCameHome Nov 2013 #27

Too young for Kennedy... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #44

Yes I saw it MichiganVote Nov 2013 #28

yep - 14 at the time rurallib Nov 2013 #29

Sure did while watching with my dad...... Capt.Rocky300 Nov 2013 #30

yup. postulater Nov 2013 #31

Yes. cliffordu Nov 2013 #32

I did. nt Kahuna Nov 2013 #33

yes n/t stuckinodi Nov 2013 #34

Yes Trailrider1951 Nov 2013 #35

will never forget it. quaker bill Nov 2013 #36

Yes. stage left Nov 2013 #37

Yep. I couldn't believe my 16 yr. old eyes. nt snappyturtle Nov 2013 #38

You bet. I was almost nine years old and watched the murder with my parents. duffyduff Nov 2013 #39

Yes. It was a shock to see such a thing on live TV. nt Nay Nov 2013 #40

Yes... CherokeeDem Nov 2013 #41

yup, saw it. i remember the caisson and john-john, too. eom ellenfl Nov 2013 #42

Yes.. Historic NY Nov 2013 #43

Yes, I was watching The Blue Flower Nov 2013 #45

I was 15. The minute I saw it I felt something was hinkey. Scuba Nov 2013 #46

Yes. I was five. That weekend was my first memory in life. RagAss Nov 2013 #47

Yes. truebluegreen Nov 2013 #48

I missed it... I was -1 at the time. XRubicon Nov 2013 #49

4 months old, I had already figured the whole thing out too. BootinUp Nov 2013 #50

We sure were. JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #51

yes mulsh Nov 2013 #52

We were at church when Oswald was shot Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #53

Yes. I was at a friend's house. I was the only one in the room at that time. When he got alfredo Nov 2013 #55

Yep! I saw it. mercymechap Nov 2013 #56

Yep. texanwitch Nov 2013 #57

Yes. We held 'vigil' by the TV for the entire 4 days. Lifelong Protester Nov 2013 #58

Yes SteveG Nov 2013 #59

Yes. I remember it well. I was 13. Lint Head Nov 2013 #60

Yes. n/t Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #61

Yes. Same. Glued. Brain cells got rearranged about everything. ancianita Nov 2013 #62

Yes. 99Forever Nov 2013 #64

Yes G_j Nov 2013 #66

Yup. redwitch Nov 2013 #67

No - the TV in my dormitory living room had died starroute Nov 2013 #68

No - was in college and didn't have a TV FarCenter Nov 2013 #69

yes, and the whole family saw it. kwassa Nov 2013 #71

Nope, and as weird as this might seem legcramp Nov 2013 #72

I saw it live. lpbk2713 Nov 2013 #74

No, because it was Sunday, my father was a Lutheran pastor, and Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2013 #75

Nope. I had plans, so I asked Mr. Bush down the street if he'd tape it for me. JVS Nov 2013 #76

Yep. I was parked in front of the tv. Beausoir Nov 2013 #77

Yes! Horrible memory! raging moderate Nov 2013 #78

Every day! Glued to TV in total shock! raging moderate Nov 2013 #79

Yes, saw the whole horrible thing on TV that Sunday morning. virgdem Nov 2013 #80

Yes. I was 9 years old at the time. I remember watching that with my mom. stopbush Nov 2013 #81

Damn. I don't remember if I saw it live or saw a replay. Kablooie Nov 2013 #82

Yes, 15 years old, watching with my mom. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #83

No, my daughter was 3 days old and I was visiting her & her mother in the hospital tularetom Nov 2013 #84

Yes I saw it and it traumatized me Tumbulu Nov 2013 #85

Yes, and I'll never forget it ... Trajan Nov 2013 #86

Yes. hedda_foil Nov 2013 #87

No, but my dad saw it. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #88

I was glued to the tv -- I think I did. But like all images played 1,000 times, it's hard to know Hekate Nov 2013 #89

I didn't. Lugnut Nov 2013 #90

Yes I did, and it has haunted me ever since. n/t Raksha Nov 2013 #91

Yes. montana_hazeleyes Nov 2013 #92

No. I was in Europe and we did not have a television. MADem Nov 2013 #93

Nope CFLDem Nov 2013 #94

Yes. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #95

I was not alive OwnedByCats Nov 2013 #96

Yes. In the lounge of my dorm. MineralMan Nov 2013 #97

Yes, on an old Zenith black and white TV. Elwood P Dowd Nov 2013 #98

i think so but i was only 10 and it might have been a repeat dembotoz Nov 2013 #99

Yes. I remember those days. Vividly. Autumn Nov 2013 #100

Ditto, I remember them all too vividly...I was 15 DonViejo Nov 2013 #103

Yes, and I remember thinking that he shot him to shut him up.... kentuck Nov 2013 #101

Yes. nt tsuki Nov 2013 #104

yes. nt DesertFlower Nov 2013 #105

Yes Neutrino_603 Nov 2013 #106

i don't remember watching it live. madrchsod Nov 2013 #107

yes Carolina Nov 2013 #108