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50 Shades Of Blue

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3. My carpool used the Roosevelt Bridge but prior to joining that carpool I'd

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 07:22 PM

Jan 2020

commuted by bus via the 14th Street Bridge so it seemed especially unreal! Remember three were people also killed in a Metro accident that same afternoon. I can't remember if the government was closed the next day (I was a Fed) but I know I stayed home!

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Jan. 13, 1982: Air Florida Plane Crash Into The Potomac River, Wash. D.C. Area; 38 Yrs Ago [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2020 OP

OMG. 38 years ago.... 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2020 #1

Same here, remember it like yesterday. I was working p-t appalachiablue Jan 2020 #2

My carpool used the Roosevelt Bridge but prior to joining that carpool I'd 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2020 #3

Yes the tragic Metro subway accident too, it's in the article. What appalachiablue Jan 2020 #5

I'll always remember them too! 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2020 #6

I was a Fed too, lived in SW DC and used to walk to work. elleng Jan 2020 #7

My guess is it was open - or at best had delayed opening/liberal leave. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2020 #9

WOW! elleng Jan 2020 #4

It was really something, Hell and misery although the brave appalachiablue Jan 2020 #8