- OJ trial verdict
I was at a clients house in Regina attending a BBQ, suddenly everyone's eyes were locked on the T.V.
- Princess Diana death
I was at work on the phone with a client when he bought it up.
- 9/11
I woke up and turned on the news as always and saw the fire in the first building. I thought what a terrible accident, took a shower and came out just in time to see the second one hit. I went to work but nothing got done today.
- Canada hockey gold in Vancouver
Sitting at home with a couple of friends musing about how much Loungo sucked.
- Gretzky trade
I was doing homework at the kitchen table
- Flames eliminating the Canucks in OT, game 7, 2004
Watching the game at home alone and thinking that in the future Loungo was really going to suck
- Challenger explosion
Studying for finals in the school library in grade 10, a bunch of people were watching the shuttle launch and I looked up just in time to see the explosion.
- 1st Iraq Gulf war
I was at work when it started, and it was obviously no surprise. We just were wondering how long it would take for Saddam to collapse. I had just left the army the year before and suddenly felt a little nostalgic.
We know there are many others...
-JFK assassination
Hadn't even become a sperm cell yet.
-man on the moon
I was probably about 2 and living in Atikokan Ontario. I'm sure my parents were enthralled, I'm sure I was trying to bash something with a stick
-Berlin wall
I was in a field exercise in Wainwright stuck in the mud. Our section leader called a halt and announced it, then he shook his head and said that the world and our mission had changed.