At the Pentagon
in Boston
I don't think the designer of the Vietnam War Memorial quite knew that she was forever altering the way we honored our fallen.
Where was I?
It's funny, because I remembered this clearly this morning as I walked into class aroudn 8:30am. I was at Miami University and I remember seeing clusters of people in classrooms watching TV. I didn't think about it -- I had a presentation in my World Politics class on, get this, the effects of globalization on the developing world.
The TV was on in the classroom. I arrived right around 827am. The first plane had hit and it was only moments until the second hit. We just sat there and watch.
The professor was a few moments late. She walked in, obviously fresh from a copy machine or something... she had a lot of papers in her hand. She started: "All right, are you guys..." Stopped, looked at the screen, and said, "What the hell is going on?"
A few minutes later, we saw the plane hit. Then she walked over to me and my partner -- he was freshman, I remember that, he never forgave me for the A- we got on that project -- and said "in light of all this, would you guys like to delay your presentation for a week or so?"
I got really high that day and sat on my front porch and smoked a lot of cigarettes.
When Bush finally spoke, I remember saying: "I am glad he's our president right now."
Strange world.
What do you remember?
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"When Bush finally spoke, I remember saying: "I am glad he's our president right now."" I also remember saying the same thing and then being told by a friend, "Any president would have been able to say what he said. It's not like he was the one who drafted his speech." But that was about the only time I held Bush in high regards. Thanks for sharing you memories!
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yea, my drug dealer said much the same thing when i called for weed that day.
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