I was 13, in junior high in Niagara Falls NY. They announced that the president was shot, and there was a sense of subdued but shocked chaos. Then they sent us home.
It felt like the world was a different place from that moment. We learned that real life didn't always have a happy ending, and even heroes were vulnerable. It was the first time (other than the Bay of Pigs) that I remember watching TV news so seriously.
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"Carpe the heck out of your Diems- with joy!"
"Do no harm" (but take no sh**!)
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