Most Important/Historical Event You Ever Witnessed in Person

[kingdom warrior]

My Old apartment in Brooklyn faced right across from the Twin Towers witnessed the second Plane hit.......

[AJ Collector]

My Old apartment in Brooklyn faced right across from the Twin Towers witnessed the second Plane hit.......

I will never forget the cloud of black smoke as the D train went over the bridge going back to Brooklyn.

[kingdom warrior]

I will never forget the cloud of black smoke as the D train went over the bridge going back to Brooklyn.

Or that horrible smell everywhere for days......

[jessica]

I heard Nelson Mandela speak at the Oakland Stadium.

I ate what I thought was going to be my last meal (a glazed donut) seconds after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

I was in Nairobi when President Moi decided to torch a stack of elephant tusks to combat poaching of ivory.

[LadyZod]

I was across the street when the the FBI raided the Elian Gonzalez house in Miami.

I was in the classroom watching the Challenger launch getting ready for our lesson from space. Then it blew up.

[toysrus]

Not in person, but many of us watched Live Aid back in 1985 live, an all day event.

I remember that entire day like it was yesterday.

[LadyZod]

How many of you held hands on Hands Across America?

I was in Ozone Park, Queens.... holding some strangers hands.

[Hotfoot]

We went to the Train Station in Hinsdale, Illinois and watched the Bicentennial Train go past in 1976!

[Brazoo]

saw the shuttle crashing a few years back.

Really? That must have been really shocking. You're in Arizona, right? Was it visible from there or were you in Texas when it happened?

[Brazoo]

I was in the classroom watching the Challenger launch getting ready for our lesson from space. Then it blew up.

I remember seeing it live in class just like that - but for some reason it's hard for me to vouch on it being a real memory.

I also have a memory of being led outside school to see a space shuttle piggybacking on a shuttle carrier aircraft flying overhead - but I have no way of confirming if that happened - I'm not sure it makes any sense that it would have done that - and my memory is terrible.

[Rallygirl]

I have never participated in or even seen anything that could be considered important or historical.

However,...when they try to start clearing for a new highway a half mile from my quiet, remote, country house next spring, you all just might see me on CNN chained to a bulldozer.

[Brown Bear]

Back in 1987, I saw the very first time WWF ever came to Halifax. The main event was WWF champ Hulk Hogan vs Intercontinental champ Randy Savage (with Elizabeth). That was a big deal for a 12 year old boy.

[BENDY]

i was driving from az to texas.

[Adam West]

I know I have seen a lot of live events on TV. I was one of those twisted people that would set my alarm clock for the early hours of the morning and did see the first Space Shuttle disaster live, some of the Royal Wedding, the 2nd plane go into the Twin Towers.

Probably live events would have to come down to sports. I didn't get tickets to Cal Ripken's last game but 2nd to last. It was still an electrifying event. The other memorable game was watching Sean Taylor block a Dallas Cowboy field goal attempt for the game winner, put the Redskins in scoring range and end the game with our own field goal. I don't remember off hand if that was 2006 or 2007. It was a thrilling sight for the game itself but became more poignant after learning of Sean Taylor's murder.

[Adam West]

I don't know if this counts but I constantly see the president flying back and forth from Camp David. It's pretty close to my house and I see three military helicopters flying in formation back and forth. I always presume the president is in the middle copter?