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Thread #106488   Message #2200729
Posted By: MaineDog
23-Nov-07 - 11:12 AM
Thread Name: BS: J.F.K., 44 Years Today
Subject: RE: BS: J.F.K., 44 Years Today
I remember it still. I was hanging out at the college radio station, where I was on the tech staff. I heard the news teletype (!) ring 10 bells -- that only was supposed to happen for a nuclear war. The announcer ran in and ripped off the little piece of yellow paper that contained the news. We faded down the music -- I forgot what it was, and he did his best to read the story. Then we played Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, which we always had ready just in case -- well, this was the time for it. After that I was too stunned to do anything so I went to the electronics lab to putter around with one of my assignments. My professor was also there trying to hide from it all.
It was Not Fun.
ND