Reply #8: Hmmm...8 days before my 10th birthday....

[catnhatnh]

My brother, who was then 13, was at the UN, where U Thant was to address the general assembly. I was home from school that day. Mom loved the guy and was shaken....My sister was 15 and I can't recall her reaction. We were Catholic and loved the Kennedys. We watched probably more TV then ever before, and I saw Oswald shot probably close to in real time. I'll never forget the horse (named:Blackjack?) with the empty boots in his stirrups representing our loss or John-John saluting his Dad. At almost 10, I cried...