I remember that it was late at night. I was home from college ,

[Raven]

at my parents' house, watching TV. News broke in with the shooting of RFK. I remember that I sat in complete shock and...I hate to remember this...I began to laugh. Not because I thought anything about that was funny but because I just could not beleive that it was real...MLK a few months before and then Bobby...and Bobby after his beloved brother. Mine was a crazy laugh, a nervous laugh and desperate laugh. I guess you had to be there. Now, 40 plus years later, I can see me in my father's big leather recliner, watching TV, all's well with the world and then the news came. Killed me, just killed me. Where is HC's mind in using that moment? To me, that time invokes total dispare...and ushered in, to me, the times of violence. That is why these posts upset me so much.

[Hamlette]

1. It was the night I graduated from High School We were all at a party.

They interrupted the music and gave us the news over the loudspeakers.

Kinda ended the night for some of us.

[Misskittycat]

2. I heard it early the next morning. I woke up my parents.

We were all terribly upset. That day was either my high school graduation day or just days away; I can't remember now.

[noel711]

3. I was lying in bed, listening to the convention on the radio...

I did not believe it.. I was convinced I had fallen asleep, and it was all a dream.
I did fall asleep, and when I awoke I ran into my parents' bedroom to tell them
of my horrible dream. My dad told me it was not a dream.

I do not want our country to go through this again.

That being said... we need to calm down.

[petersjo02]

4. I remember standing in the middle of my living room

when I heard the news. I held my head in my hands and clearly remember asking out loud "What is the World coming to?" MLK, then Bobby, and both on the heels of JFK. It seemed like too much to cope with--that certainly our country couldn't survive this violence. This world would be a far better place if all three had lived to complete their missions. Why does it always happen to the "good guys"? Almost seems like it could be a conspiracy, doesn't it?