Major Events in Lifetime

My Life

9/11 - I was at first at my house when I heard a plane crashed into one of the twin towers. When I got to school, I could see the 5th graders were allowed to watch the news on the attack in class but since I was in 3rd grade, we were not allowed.

Hurricane Katrina - I was at Whitfield when I first really heard about the hurricane. We adopted a family and brought things for them during the school year. I was in 7th grade.

BP Oil Spill - It was Sunday night and I was watching 60 minutes with my family. One of the workers on the rig was telling the story of what happened when it blew up.

My dad

Nixon resignation- He was in junior high and watched it live on TV. He remembers the feeling being surreal to watch a president resign.

JFK assassination - He was in the basement of his great-grandfathers house on Washington Avenue and was watching it on TV.

First moon landing - He was 12, 13 years old and was watching it on TV.

My mom

Nixon resignation - Was in Chicago in father's apartment.

Hurricane Andrew - Was in first house on Cornell and watched central Florida be destroyed.

Sandra Day O'Connor First Woman Supreme Court Justice - High school watching TV.