Bird
Rest in Peace
I had taken my wife to the doctor for a minor problem. He was in the Medical Arts Building in Corsicana, TX, and I was waiting in the car with the radio on when they broke into the music with news of the plane flying into one of the World Trade Center towers.
And I suppose most of us, who are old enough, also remember what we were doing when President Kennedy was shot. In my case, I was working an evening shift in the old Terminal Annex of the Dallas Post Office, and I had thought about going in early to watch the parade, in which case I would have been standing right where he got shot. However, I decided that, since I was not a Kennedy fan, I didn't care to watch the parade, so I was still in my apartment that afternoon, when I heard a young female tenant screaming and crying. I went to my door just in time to see her come running out of her apartment screaming and crying. I ran out to ask what was wrong, and she said, "President Kennedy has just been shot." I knew she was a Catholic, so I guess that explained it. Anyway, I went back in and turned on the TV to watch the news.
And I suppose most of us, who are old enough, also remember what we were doing when President Kennedy was shot. In my case, I was working an evening shift in the old Terminal Annex of the Dallas Post Office, and I had thought about going in early to watch the parade, in which case I would have been standing right where he got shot. However, I decided that, since I was not a Kennedy fan, I didn't care to watch the parade, so I was still in my apartment that afternoon, when I heard a young female tenant screaming and crying. I went to my door just in time to see her come running out of her apartment screaming and crying. I ran out to ask what was wrong, and she said, "President Kennedy has just been shot." I knew she was a Catholic, so I guess that explained it. Anyway, I went back in and turned on the TV to watch the news.