AW1Steve
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September 11, 2001. I will never forget. 
Nor I. That's one of a handful of 'flashbulb memories' that I hold-indelible pictures in the bottle of time etched onto my soul. Some good. Most bad. 
On a less somber note: I've thought it interesting how you can date someone by their flashbulb memories. The ones that I am willing to talk about are the Challenger explosion, the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan and 9/11. My in-laws (and my mother and father) both remember exactly where they were and what they were doing and who they were with when they heard about JFK being assassinated. I wonder what the common threads are for non-Americans of about our same age group, USSMike?
The Challenger for me is easy to recall. I was on the flight line at Jacksonville Florida (While attending VP-30, the USN "RAG" Squadron.). My class was just returning from an aircraft walk through when we saw what we 1st thought was an aerobatic team doing a really ragged "bomburst" maneuver. One of my fellow students said "the Blues" (Blue Angels) must be doing a practice near Platka". A Senior Chief heard it and said "That's the space shuttle your'e looking at. It Just blew up!". The instructor then said, "Right...enough about that , let's go take your test". The entire class failed the test.
For Reagan's assassination I was in college , as I was when I heard about the US Iran embassy being seized. I received double shocks learning about the Beruit Barracks attacks and the invasion of Grenada coming out of class in Winchester Hants UK where I was studying as an exchange student.
For JFK's assassination I was staying with my grandparents, RFK's and MLK's I was getting on the school bus. My earliest memory of a "traumatic event" was that my family was very concerned about Cuba , as my uncle had just been activated my the USNR.
One of life's greatest truisms is the alleged Chinese Curse/Blessing "may you live in interesting times". If youlive long enough , and travel enough , your bound to receive this "blessing". 
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