Top 5 Surreal Moments In My Life

[Spike Lee]

You know I lived through OJ, Colombine, the riots Impeachment and the 2000 Presidential Election. But I'm only 19 right now. And everything else was a distant memory. But in 8th Grade, some things just stuck.
5.The Two Day Ultimatum

This took place on March 18, 2003. President Bush, after talks of probable war against Iraq, delivered a message to the public. It was live and I have seen similar announcements before. He began as any president would:


My Fellow Americans


He then delivered an ultimatum, that Iraq to either fess up or something, or face war. It was crazy to me. I then wondered and was convinced that Iraq had these weapons. And feared of maybe an assault on us. It ended when I saw the initial attacks in Baghdad.

4. The Anthrax Scare

After 9/11, the things I thought would happen only in movies, took place in real life. And then a scare ran through me and I wasn't alone. It seemed that the nation as a whole was vulnerable. And something that contunued that day of September, was the Anthrax Scare. I was scared opening the mail. And when I did and I enhailed something it scared me. You know, they never did catch that Anthrax guy.


3. The 2004 Tsunami Catastrophe
I just read headlines online. But the impact did not hit me until Tom Brokaw presented a video. I was shocked. Again like 9/11, this just showed me something I would expect when the world would end. It just made me think that anything could happen.

2. Hurricane Katrina
You know I think everyone here would agree that what they saw on TV regarding New Orleans seemed like a third world country. And it's a shame what happened at that time. Again, chaos reigned in a city. And evacuees attended my school.

1. 9/11/01
I don't think I need to say anything on this.

[Sc(+)pe]

1. Getting fingered in the butt.

[Spike Lee]

I cant say I've been through that. But I cant imagine it!

[Poser Park]

1. The day I found out I had a minor heart defect. Alot of people think, "Well, that'll never happen to me...it's always the other guy"...when it finally does happen to you, it's a really frightening eye opener.

2. Columbine. I was young when it happened...but now that I'm older it affects me to the core. To think that things like that can & do happen when people are pushed to the brink makes me reconsider my actions towards others.

3. War in Iraq. In the years that we've been in that country, I've learned a thing or two about the human condition. I've learned that human life is too valuble to waste on petty mistakes.

[silverspade14]

9/11 and the Tsunami's were the only thing that really affected my mind and kept me glued to the television. Also I lived in Montgomery County when the sniper was over there shooting people and went to the doctor, which was a block away from where this lady got killed pumping gas, when the guy was still free.

[kingofallmedia]

1. McDonald's accidentally gave me a large coke instead of a medium coke

[OE800]

this one time i threw up, and when it was about to come out i was expecting it to be like normal throw up, but it was blood red with no chunks of food or anything, because it was blood.

[Victor Franko]

9/11 and the Tsunami's were the only thing that really affected my mind and kept me glued to the television.

Ditto.

I'm also going to add the Columbia disaster in '03. When I woke up the morning it happened and turned it to CNN the first thing I was greeted with was video footage of the shuttle breaking apart. It just seemed too unbelievable to comprehend.

Another thing that got to me was when I first heard the emergency call Kevin Cosgrove made to dispatchers on Sept. 11th saying he was trapped on the 105th floor of the south tower. I didn't sleep very well for a few nights after that and I told myself I would never listen to it again.

[Mr. Heskey]

Ditto.

I'm also going to add the Columbia disaster in '03. When I woke up the morning it happened and turned it to CNN the first thing I was greeted with was video footage of the shuttle breaking apart. It just seemed too unbelievable to comprehend.

Another thing that got to me was when I first heard the emergency call Kevin Cosgrove made to dispatchers on Sept. 11th saying he was trapped on the 105th floor of the south tower. I didn't sleep very well for a few nights after that and I told myself I would never listen to it again.

The funny thing is, I didn't wake up on my own. I actually heard the son of a bitch explode and rattle my house a bit. ( I live in north texas, where it exploded over)

[Victor Franko]

The funny thing is, I didn't wake up on my own. I actually heard the son of a bitch explode and rattle my house a bit. ( I live in north texas, where it exploded over)

Holy fuck, now there's an alarm clock.

[Deamatix]

There already have been so many things in a short amount of time that you remember where you were and what you were doing when it happened.

I remember I was brushing my teeth when I heard my brother tell my mom about the first plane hitting on 9/11. Then I was listening to a Static-X CD when I saw the second plane hit live on TV.

The closest thing I have to re-creating the feeling, is watching videos of the 2nd crash, with no music, no narration, just the sounds of the reactions of people filming it. Makes my heart speed up very quickly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOGlcatpDA

The Columbia I'll remember because it scared the hell out of me when I turned on the TV and saw the debris falling down. The news on the previous day was about North Korea, and as stupid as it is to think now, I thought it was a missile, and when the bottom of the screen said "Texas, earlier this morning" I nearly hit a deer.

[Spike Lee]

The funny thing is, I didn't wake up on my own. I actually heard the son of a bitch explode and rattle my house a bit. ( I live in north texas, where it exploded over)

Did you watch Fox 4?

[The Nick]

When I was in 6th grade my girlfriend broke up with me. Total drama.

[Devastation]

Columbine really affected me because I was at the tail end of my senior year, and I couldn't begin to imagine what those people were feeling.

[theC]

9/11
Watching the replays on a TV in the school hallway

Columbia
I woke up and checked my email. I got a message from CNN Breaking news and it read 'NASA reports it has lost communications with space shuttle Columbia'
I immediately turned on the TV and saw the debris falling

Whenever I learn that a friend/family member has died

[jn_powell]

The funny thing is, I didn't wake up on my own. I actually heard the son of a bitch explode and rattle my house a bit. ( I live in north texas, where it exploded over)
Yeah I heard it too, but did not put two and two together for a while. I just thought it was a sonic boom or something even after seeing the news.

[Red]

Columbine really affected me because I was at the tail end of my senior year, and I couldn't begin to imagine what those people were feeling.
Proof Dev has a heart.

[evilmittens]

5) President Reagan getting shot and Alex Haig claiming to be in charge. I didnt like the Reagan a whole lot, but an attempted assassination is just horrible

4) Disco Music: Even then I was what the fuck is mom listening too?

3) Iran Contra hearings: The nasty side of the US beign shown to the world

2) Berlin wall coming down/glastnost: I grew up under the constant thought of nuclear war. Hell, we had tornado and nuclear war drills in school all the time. It was surreal to see the Soviet Union just vanish.

1) Challenger Explosion. Sitting in school and a teacher came in and told our teacher. We turned on the TV and cried.