When our English teacher told us the President had been shot we thought it was the president of the student body.
I went to Catholic school and we happened to have the day off. I remember climbing a tree in a neighbors yard when a Mom came running out of the house screaming that the President was shot. The rest of the day all the Mom's & kids gathered on the street to ...cry. I will never forget that day or 9-11 for as long as I live.