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appalachiablue

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7. It's remarkable that you can recall those major events so well. They marked the

Reply to happybird (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 01:59 AM

Jan 2023

times profoundly. In 1980, I can vividly remember first hearing about John Lennon's death on the radio in the car whille driving on Penn. Ave. to GWU in DC, like it was yesterday.

The same when Reagan was shot, in front of the Washington Hilton, and also the Air Florida disaster which I watched on TV and read about from the beginning.

People in Washington and elsewhere were seriously effected by the winter plane crash in the capital. As a fairly experienced air traveler to Fla. and overseas, the disaster especially hit home.

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Horror & Heroism, Air Florida Plane Crash, Wash. DC, Jan. 13, 1982- 41 Yrs Ago: Graphic Images, Info [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2023 OP

Oh, thank you. I forgot all about that. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 #1

YW, an unforgettable tragedy nationally & for people attached to the area. Good appalachiablue Jan 2023 #5

I remember this even though I was only 7 at the time happybird Jan 2023 #2

It's remarkable that you can recall those major events so well. They marked the appalachiablue Jan 2023 #7

I think I remember those two events so well because happybird Jan 2023 #8

I vividly remember that crash and how we watched the accident scene on TV zeusdogmom Jan 2023 #3

I watched it live Skittles Jan 2023 #4

My wife and I watched this on the news when it happened. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2023 #6

They brought a TV into our classroom to watch the Challenger launch happybird Jan 2023 #9

Threads at DU from years gone by mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 #10

Thanks for the addional info. on the AF landmark disaster. The Kickerbocker Theater appalachiablue Jan 2023 #11

I'd like to get that, if that's okay with you. I've got the article ready to go. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 #12