Because he was killed. Likely because she had voted for him in 60. I was heartbroken myself when 9/11 took place, because it disrupted our normal way of living. On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 11:15:28 AM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 8:08 AM daniel anderson <danieland...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> My grandmother was watching some soap opera when JFK was shot. When >> Cronkite announced JFK's death, she was heartbroken. >> > > Heartbroken because he was shot, or heartbroken because they interrupted > her stories? My grandma loved her stories. > > > >> On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 11:39:46 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps my earliest memory like this was watching Bobby Kennedy get >>> murdered. I was precociously interested in politics, and my mother took me >>> to hear all of the Democratic nominees for president that year. She was a >>> Eugene McCarthy girl, and the first we saw but then we went to see Bobby >>> speak, a week or two later and I was mesmerized. I could decode his speech >>> enough to get his opposition to the war, and support for racial and >>> economic justice, but his charisma really got through to me, and the crowd >>> at the college campus where my dad taught was going wild. I got the chance >>> to shake his hand, and declared myself a Bobby man to my mother on the way >>> home, as we had a satisfying debate. She of course was old enough to >>> remember the old RFK, who had been a “Red-Baiter” and his brother’s son of >>> a bitch, and she never trusted him. >>> >>> The night of the California primary she let me stay up to watch the >>> results. I remember staying awake long enough to see that Bobby had won, >>> then fell asleep during his speech. I was awakened shortly after by the >>> sound of my mother’s screams and then crying, saying “not again” over and >>> over, as he was shot in the kitchen of the Ambassador hotel. I was >>> heartbroken and inconsolable. >>> >>> I am just old enough to remember where I was when his brother was shot, >>> but we heard that announcement live on the radio, not TV, on the way to >>> taking me to the doctor. My mother pulling over to the side of the San >>> Diego freeway to cry, and my grandmother in the back seat screaming >>> (extremely uncharacteristically, as she was very refined): “God Dammit! God >>> Dammit! I knew he shouldn’t have gone down there!” >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 5:13 PM daniel anderson <danieland...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I was watching the World Series in 1989 when the Earthquake happened. I >>>> can still remember hearing Al Michaels say "I'll tell you what, we're >>>> having an earth-" before the feed cut out. I remember ABC airing something >>>> else for a few minutes, before Ted Koppel came on form Washington(where he >>>> was hosting Nightline). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to tvor...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cfc7388a-734b-46d7-8501-4395409f05ceo%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cfc7388a-734b-46d7-8501-4395409f05ceo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvor...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a2794511-549b-4ce3-935f-06b1e7004009o%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a2794511-549b-4ce3-935f-06b1e7004009o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) >
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