25 years Since Reagan was shot...

[PapaBear]

<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902595.html" target="_self">Ronald Reagan shot 25 years ago, today</a></p><p>I was faking being sick so I didn't have to go to middle school. What were you doing?</p><p>PS... I was faking being sick when the Pope was shot,&nbsp;when Anwar Sadat was assassinated, and the day after John Lennon was shot. I think that's why I won't let my kid get away with faking it.</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

I was in 6th grade. One of the teachers in my school HATED Reagan, and would often go off on speeches about how he was ruining the country. When Reagan was shot, I blured out &quot;That should make Mr Brenner happy!&quot; And he just gave me a look like he wanted to shoot me right then and there. . <br />

[ShelleBink]

<p>25 years? Still before my time :oP</p><p>I've seen the footage tho, it was pretty fucked up...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>EDIT: What's happened to assassination attempts anyway? <img border="0" src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" />&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by ShelleBink on 3-30-06 @ 8:39 AM</span>

[curtoid]

<p>I remember being glued to the t.v. - i was in 8th grade at the time, and for some reason&nbsp;i think we had snow day, but that may have been when Air Florida crashed. There was the briefest of moments I remember when they actually reported on all the networks that James Brady had died - ABC news correspondant, Frank Reynolds, was furious on the air when he found they reported false information: &quot;Let's get it NAILED DOWN...somebody...let's find out! Let's get it straight so we can report this thing accurately!&quot; </p><p>They then went to a commercial, and when they returned Ted Koppel was suddenly sitting next to Reynolds, sort of as a calming influence. I remember more, tho, the freaked out/sick feeling of the news announcing that James Brady was dead, and the lingering thoughts that the President of the United States might actually be dead too.</p><p>Reynolds was the co-anchor of World News Tonight, but when he died of cancer a couple of years later Jennings became the sole anchor. </p><p>Lennon getting shot was a huge cultural touchstone - and here in D.C. the Air Florida crash - and of course several years later with the Space Shuttle. I don't remember much about where I was or what my reaction was to the Pope getting shot, but I do remember noticing that the one-two assaults on the Pope and Reagan (less than 2 months apart)&nbsp;really changed forever the accessibility of world leaders with the public. </p><p>Oddly, maybe even more memorable for a lot of us was Eddie Murphys &quot;Buckwheat's been shot&quot; segments on SNL.</p><p><img src="http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/9909/24/snl.25/murphy.jpg" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by curtoid on 3-30-06 @ 9:06 AM</span>

[Crash]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I was faking being sick when the Pope was shot,&nbsp;when Anwar Sadat was assassinated, and the day after John Lennon was shot. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you had a perfect attendance record, the world would be a much better place.</p><p>Just saying.</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font size="1">25 years Since Reagan was shot...</font></strong> </p><p><strong><font color="#000099">Slowest death by gunshot ever...</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/fraxs37/y-jellybean.jpg" border="0" /></p>

[coffeeal401]

I was in a bar in Bay Ridge BROOKLYN,celebrating my 27th birthday. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" />

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by coffeeal401 on 3-30-06 @ 12:52 PM</span>

[Jennitalia]

<p>i was at a brownie event when we found out</p>

[JPMNICK]

I was 45 days from being born, which again reminds me I will be 25 in 6 weeks

[A.J.]

My grandparents had taken my brother and me to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.&nbsp; (My parents were in Philadelphia for the Final Four in which Isiah Thomas' Indiana Hoosiers beat James Worthy's UNC&nbsp;Tarheels for the NCAA title that same night.)&nbsp; Some lady had heard on the radio that Reagan was shot so they put on a TV for us to watch the news.

[PapaBear]

<p>for some reason&nbsp;i think we had snow day, but that may have been when Air Florida crashed. </p><p>That was the Air Florida crash. I remember being home for that, too. Funny thing is, there was a fire in the Metro that day. I think it even killed one or more people, but they hardly talked about it, because of all the spectacular live rescue coverage of Air Florida.</p>