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911 whacked out here too. I had just moved in with a buddy in a house that week so no TV, internet or anything set up yet. I was night manager of a telemarketing office and I arrive to an empty building, no sign of anything. I call up my boss and he says you didn't hear - and proceeds to tell me the horror that's happening. I spent the rest of the day trying to track down a few friends who worked in that area and they told me their stories of running out of the city, etc.

Whacko.
 
Muddy, we're on the same page! John Lennon happened while watching MNF game and Howard Cosell went on rant bout it with regards to society in the US of A! I enjoyed the off the cuff rant he went on!

The challenger, without looking up I think was Jan 26th, 1986! Remember the poor kids and parents of the teacher looking up at the sky after the explosion! I think the NASA guy stated something technical like "major malfunction"!

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Matty
Our space shuttles do not blow up, asshole.
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And our rock stars are never killed.



OT: Was watching a story about a local campaign to help victims in Oklahoma - Windsor residents loaded up a truckload of food/clothing to help and it was denied entry to the US because of regulations regarding importation of food etc. After days of obtaining the proper paperwork the load was eventually allowed in to the US.

First off, Oklahoma doesn't need help from Canada, there are more than enough people in the America to help it's fellow citizens recover from this tragedy and last time I looked the US seems to be fairly rich, they don't need handouts from outside the country.
 
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And our rock stars are never killed.



OT: Was watching a story about a local campaign to help victims in Oklahoma - Windsor residents loaded up a truckload of food/clothing to help and it was denied entry to the US because of regulations regarding importation of food etc. After days of obtaining the proper paperwork the load was eventually allowed in to the US.

First off, Oklahoma doesn't need help from Canada, there are more than enough people in the America to help it's fellow citizens recover from this tragedy and last time I looked the US seems to be fairly rich, they don't need handouts from outside the country.
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You have 3 rock stars all in one band. Tough to kill them all.
 
I'm trying to think of Canadian stuff that is burned in my memory but it is only good sports stuff. Many great moments in international hockey where I can remember in detail my circumstances. Curling stuff. Blue Jays stuff. Olympic stuff.

In terms of the tragic end of things, there was the famous Mississauga Train Derailment. I totally remember my brother come running down the basement saying the sky was on fire. I figured he was on drugs - which he was - but he was right about the glowing sky in the distance too. It's more because it was in close proximity than because it was really impactful that I remember that. I'm not sure anyone was even killed.



Of course 9/11, as much as some Americans like to think of it as being all about them, was a very international event including many Canadians killed.
 
Mudcat
In terms of the tragic end of things, there was the famous Mississauga Train Derailment. I totally remember my brother come running down the basement saying the sky was on fire. I figured he was on drugs - which he was - but he was right about the glowing sky in the distance too.
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I will always remember that event too, my mother woke me up because she thought someone was trying to break in to the house - my dad worked nights at the TTC and it was just me, my mother and brother at home that Saturday night.

We went outside and all the neighbors were outside as well - the accident was at Mavis Rd near Burnhamthorpe and we were in Etobicoke and felt the earth shake.
 
I was correct: no deaths. Pretty big event though.


The Mississauga train derailment of 1979 occurred on Saturday, November 10, 1979, in Canada, when a 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario was derailed near the intersection of Mavis Road and Dundas Street in Mississauga, Ontario. As a result of the derailment, more than 200,000 people were evacuated in what was then the largest peacetime evacuation in North America until the New Orleans evacuation of 2005. There were no deaths resulting from the incident.
 
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