[76834]

I was just a little tiny kid when it happened, maybe 3 years old.
We lived in Galveston and I still remember everything shaking like an earthquake, smoke and fire everywhere and sirens going constantly. Scared look on my Mother's face.
Now am hitting 60 faster than I want to think about it but still have nightmares about Texas City.

[MEG33]

I was an older child than you and not close to the blasts,but recall the sadness and the trauma to Texans.Another family tale was my grandmother leaving Galveston just in time to miss the Great Galveston flood in 1900 ,averting death and insuring my mother's birth.

[FreePaul]

I was in high school in Houston at the time of the first explosion. They asked for anyone with first aid training. I went to Texas City for a while. We were sent home before the second explosion. Lucky I guess. I had friends injured in the second explosion. Later when I was in the Coast Guard we had a lot of lectures and discussion about how they identified remains.