What good or bad, major historic event did you witness or observe the reports for as a kid?
Being that I still had lots of family in Mexico at the time, I couldn't help but observe the news reports about the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
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Although I never experienced it, I've always been profoundly aware of the Holocaust because my grandparents were there and they have shared their experiences and their traumas with me, and of course with my parents.
Events from my early childhood haven't really stood out, which I can attribute to not having any interest in "news" until I was 11 or so.
I do remember terrorism always being a common theme though, and it comprised most of the events I was aware of. I started to become more aware of other events in my early teens.
When I was 11-13, I remember hearing a lot about Syria and the civil war that is still ongoing there.
At 14, I recall the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict. That was significant because the catalyst for that particular conflict was three boys being murdered. I remember how horrible I thought it was, and how frustrating and antisemitic the narrative from the media was.
That same year, there were several plane crashes that were really disturbing. The disappearance of flight MH370 interested me greatly. Honestly, I found it scary but thrilling at the same time. I was so curious about it and desperately wanted to know what had happened, so followed all the news stories, watched all the videos, and read countless articles about it.
Around the same time, a pilot from Germany intentionally crashed a passenger plane into the French Alps. Then in July of that year, when Israel was engaged in conflict with Hamas, the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 got shot down over Ukraine. That just made me feel angry and really sorry for the people who lost their lives in such a horrific way. I found what happened to them to be so grim and depressing.
A year after that, I recall the migrant crisis and how stupid and insane Europe behaved over it. I remember the Charlie Hebdo attack happening that year as well.
In 2016, I distinctly remember the U.S election and Trump winning it. I also remember Brexit.
In the summer of 2017, I remember a tower block (Grenfell) in London being on fire and dozens of people dying in it. I recall the U.K having an election. There was also that Ariana Grande concert that was bombed.
