Where were you when you heard?

[Cuseregular]

I'm adding this hometown episode as one of the events in my lifetime that I'll always remember where I was when I first heard it.

So far in my life these are the remember where you were events:

Reagan shot 1981 I think home after school watching on CNN which I think was just starting back then.

Challenger shuttle disaster: 1986 sitting at my desk at my first post college job when the secretary come in and informs us and turns on the tv.

Magic Johnson announcing he's "attained" the AIDS virus in 1992. Home around lunch time on a work day I think watching it unfold on TV.

2001 9-11 just moved to new home and was waiting on the cable guy to come and do some work. Most upset I'd ever been with one of these events.

10/2001 Hearing we've started the fight back against the Taliban being at the El Tovar in the Grand canyon.

And now this: sitting at the bar at Applebees dissecting the PSU scandal with other rest. patrons when I see this going on the ESPN ticker. Hit the net on the iphone and wallop. I informed the whole bar of it and it was crazy. Still not sure I fully comprehend this all.

That's all I can come up with. What are yours?

 

[TinyManInside]

One that sticks out to me besides the others you mention:

When Lennon was shot in 1980... I was sitting in the living room watching cartoons and my dad comes down the stairs, crying. Only time I've ever seen him cry.

With regards to hearing the Bernie Fine news, I was in my office getting ready for an overnight experiment on the focused ion beam and pulled up ESPN before heading over to the Nanoscience Institute... felt like I had been punched in the gut.

 

[MyMeloMyMan]

I'm adding this hometown episode as one of the events in my lifetime that I'll always remember where I was when I first heard it.

So far in my life these are the remember where you were events:

Reagan shot 1981 I think home after school watching on CNN which I think was just starting back then.

Challenger shuttle disaster: 1986 sitting at my desk at my first post college job when the secretary come in and informs us and turns on the tv.

Magic Johnson announcing he's "attained" the AIDS virus in 1992. Home around lunch time on a work day I think watching it unfold on TV.

2001 9-11 just moved to new home and was waiting on the cable guy to come and do some work. Most upset I'd ever been with one of these events.

10/2001 Hearing we've started the fight back against the Taliban being at the El Tovar in the Grand canyon.

And now this: sitting at the bar at Applebees dissecting the PSU scandal with other rest. patrons when I see this going on the ESPN ticker. Hit the net on the iphone and wallop. I informed the whole bar of it and it was crazy. Still not sure I fully comprehend this all.

That's all I can come up with. What are yours?

What did you do? Stand up on the bar at Applebees and say Bernie's been accused of diddling ball boys?

 

[Noexcuse]

Sitting in 6th grade just after lunch on 11/22/63. One of the kids in my class had been sent to the office for disciplinary reasons and came running into the classroom to announce the President had been shot. The teacher screamed at him to get right back to the office and never come back. Just then the Principal came over the intercom to give us the news.

 

[Toga]

Applebees?

 

[Cuseregular]

What did you do? Stand up on the bar at Applebees and say Bernie's been accused of diddling ball boys?

It's a bar of us regulars there. And I said as I was looking at the phone hey you guys arent going to believe this but they're saying the same things happening right here to SU hoops with Bernie Fine! Everyone laughed or said "yeah right", I pointed to the tv behind the bar and said, "Look!" Freaking surreal.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Those are all pretty good. Here are a couple more:

1) No one here will ever forget where they were when Cuse won the National Championship
2) I also remember where I was when Thurman Munson and Elvis died.

 

[Cuseregular]

Applebees?

Damn straight best ice cold drafts in town and the best chain rest. salad you can get (Pecan crusted Chicken salad). Healthy eater ya know

 

[Marsh01]

Those are all pretty good. Here are a couple more:

2) I also remember where I was when Thurman Munson and Elvis died.

Sylvan Beach on "vacation" with my family. Heard it over the radio and started bawling. I was only 8 but very manly for my age.

 

[mountaincuse]

Damn straight best ice cold drafts in town

I will not have a draft from "your neighborhood bar and grill" in north Syracuse, only bottle there. Dirty

 

[Cuse4]

thought u meant JB got fired ... This situation shouldn't make a "where were you when you heard" list.

 

[Chip]

OJ's white bronco chase, at the Press Box in lovely Oswego, NY.

OJ's not guilty verdict, working at a sheet metal factory in upstate NY and hating that job so much, I almost wished I was the one banging OJ's wife.

9/11, working at yet another job I hated, was near Dulles airport, had already resigned, was stuck in a meeting, came back to about 50 voicemail messages from any combination of family, girlfriend, friends, and a bunch of idiots I worked with running around like crazy saying a plane was hovering over Dulles and planning to drop on us. Then the CEO calling us in and saying your government needs you working, I don't want anyone going home. It was busy season. Can't imagine why I didn't stay.

The Bernie news, sitting at my house, playing with my son, got a text, and as my wife said, she thought one of my family members had died or something. She's never seen my mood change that quickly.

When Millhouse came out of the closet, I was in a bar in Knoxville, TN.

 

[bevosu]

The Fine thing.

As I remember, it was at night...I got phone call from my son in law, a big SU fan.

He kind of fumbled and mumbled something like..."Did you hear about Syracuse..Fine?" I said what? ...he says "Bernie...Bernie is in some kind of trouble...child molesting or something?"

At that point my mind told me this is a joke. I commented that it wasn't April Fools Day so I'm not buying. Must of taken me at least 5 minutes to start believing that my S-I-L wasn't jerking me around.

Went right to the syracusefan.com board and someone had already posted the Fine story...probably 10-15 minutes earlier. It's been hell since.

 

[cto]

JFK Shot 11/63 -- Was a young newspaper reporter interviewing a controversial local minister in his church when someone came in to tell him the news. We immediately said a prayer.

Martin Luther King shot 4/68 -- Was driving a car with my Congressman boss as a passenger ... when it came over the car radio. He wanted to know everything immediately, but in those pre-cellphone days, there wasn't much I could do. -- except drive as fast as possible back to his house.

RFK shot (two months later) --- Saw it live on television in my little studio apartment (at about 3 a.m. NYC time) while watching coverage of California primary.

Lennon shot 12/80 -- In my NYC apartment on East 79th St. Got call from my mother who had just seen on television that he had been shot on West 72nd St., and she wanted to know whether I was "all right." NYC geography was not her strong point.

Reagan shot -- in office at work

Challenger explosion -- in office at work (different job, different company).

9/11 -- Watching my recently-retired boss being interviewed on the Today Show when some disembodied voice says to Matt Lauer: "Matt, we have to interrupt because a plane just hit the World Trade Center." (Presumption was a "terrible accident" until the second plane hit).

Start bombing Baghdad in 2003 -- Waiting for start of NCAA semi-final game in New Orleans.

OTL on 11/17/11 -- Having dinner with Ken Auletta (nation's premier media critic) when my iPhone starts vibrating like crazy. Ignored it until dinner had ended. Had several calls and text messages wanting to ask me about it. I knew nothing.

 

[jekelish]

With regards to hearing the Bernie Fine news, I was in my office getting ready for an overnight experiment on the focused ion beam and pulled up ESPN before heading over to the Nanoscience Institute... felt like I had been punched in the gut.

I was probably playing with a Slinky. See? I can casually brag too, Mason.

 

[SoBeCuse]

thought u meant JB got fired ... This situation shouldn't make a "where were you when you heard" list.

I agree. It's a sad and unfortunate situation but this does not merit a "where were you when you heard" list. I don't even remember where I was when I heard. 911, Cuse title...of course, yes. Does Applebees even sell good beer, lol?!

 

[TinyManInside]

Re: Challenger explosion - I think I'll leave that one for STEVEHOLT to describe, as we were sitting in the cafeteria eating lunch at school when that happened.

 

[TinyManInside]

I was probably playing with a Slinky. See? I can casually brag too, Mason.

If there is one thing I'm good at, it's casually bragging... [and sometimes not-so-casually].

 

[BlackKnight76]

9/11- 6th grade reading class at Dolan Middle School in Stamford, CT. Mrs. Lesson's class. She told us even though she wasn't supposed to, because she figured that since we were the honors class we could handle it. They announced it to the rest of the school at the end of the day announcements. A ton of kids got pulled early, as we are only 40 minutes from NYC. Really surreal day.

2003 bombings- In my living room at home watching the news with my Dad.

Bin Laden being killed- My apartment on South Campus. I was watching the Mets game on ESPN against the Phillies, and the news hit Twitter, so I immediately switched over to CNN/MSNBC/Fox News (whenever I watch news I rotate between the three) and watched coverage till about 3 am.

Bernie Fine- Sitting in my WRT400 class, which starts at 7 pm on Tuesday/Thursdays. I was heading home for break as soon as it ended. The news hit Twitter at around 7:20 pm, and as more and more of my classmates saw it (we were in a computer lab so everyone eventually found at somehow), they would all turn to me since I was one of the only big sports fans in class and try to see if I knew what was going on. At the end of class I had to explain to everyone what I'd heard, which was very little since the story was so young then.

 

[Macho Uno]

I heard about this for the first I guess a little earlier then everyone else (which I can't believe for a second given some of the other info that hit's this board before the press gets it out). It was the day after the Penn St. story broke, I was walking my dog when my best friend from college called me to talk shop about the PSU deal when he hesitantly told me "I shouldn't even be saying this but several years ago I heard Bernie Fine had molested a kid". When I pressed for more I heard about a lot of the details that have since come out including the tape (ugh that $&#ing tape).

On a better note, I remember where I was when Carmelo and the boys beat Oklahoma to go to the final four... front row center court second level screaming my head off and hugging strangers!

 

[jekelish]

My most prominent "where were you when" memory was 9/11. I was a junior, sleeping in that day in my apartment on Euclid, and one of my roommates came into my room, woke me up, and turned on the TV without saying a word.

Actually, the other one I remember was Columbine. I was home sick from school, my senior year, and just glued to the TV. That one will always stick with me now, too, since it happened on 4/20, and that's my son's birthday (also Hitler's birthday and one of my roommates from college's birthday. And no, I didn't room with Hitler).

 

[BlackKnight76]

Oh yeah, other big one was Virginia Tech. I was in a hotel in Philly about to go visit Nova and St. Joe's as a HS Junior (if I remember correctly). Not the best time to be visiting colleges...

 

[bnoro]

I was on the subway going to meet up with some friends, got a text as I was heading into the train from BlackKnight saying "you've got to be kidding me" and I texted back "what?"

Didn't get service for 10 minutes, got above ground and had 5 texts from 5 different people all saying the same thing.

As for other moments in my young life, I remember distinctly when Columbia blew up upon launch, I was at a motel in Cape Cod, heading out the door for a hockey tournament.

If anyone knows of the tragic warehouse fire in Worcester, MA, I was headed to a hockey game that night and drove by when it was just starting to smoke. On the way home, it was an absolute inferno. I went into my father's room and asked him if everyone was ok, didn't find out until the morning 6 people died.

9/11 they called us all into a hallway at school and told us.

All the major sports championships I've seen (Pats 3x, Sox 2x, Celts 1x, Cuse 1x) I watched on my couch with my father. The Bruins were an exception this year because of work and being 21, but I watched the first two periods at a "Bowl with the PawSox event" and the last period at a fantastic bar which is the best kept secret in RI.

 

[Jeepers]

Just about every major disaster that's happened in the last 30 years I've either been home sick from school or unemployed. I wasn't sick or unemployed when BF happened--maybe that's a good sign for what's to come.

 

[jekelish]

I also remember where I was 4/5/03 and 4/7/03, which is pretty amazing considering how drunk I was both nights.