Just pulled into the HS parking lot with a buddy when we heard. We rushed inside and told others and no one believed us. About 5 minutes later they announced it over the PA. Weird day.
rktman wrote: “Just pulled into the HS parking lot with a buddy when we heard. We rushed inside and told others and no one believed us. About 5 minutes later they announced it over the PA. Weird day.”
Similar story. We heard the initial reports as we were returning to HS after lunch. No one in the school office believed us when we told them. Then they turned on the radio. A few minutes later the principal shared the news with the school and told everyone to go home
I think it’s strange I have no specific memories of that day. I was in 2nd grade in a very small town school in the Midwest.
I think my world/life view was already skewed from television. I think I remember thinking, “People get shot or die all the time; what’s the big deal?” Probably watched too many westerns.
Then, when Ruby shot Oswald I thought, “Good guy shoots bad guy.” That’s how it worked in westerns. Again, I thought, “Why is everyone upset about that?”
What I do specifically remember was... there was absolutely nothing else on television for at least a week. Maybe 2 weeks.
Sorry, but that’s what a dumb kid raised on TV thought at the time.
I asked my older brother - who was in Jr High in the same school building. He said one of the girls had a transistor radio and heard it during lunch period. When she told the teacher she was reprimanded for saying such a horrible thing. Soon, they all learned the truth.