What's the first major news story you can remember living through as a child?
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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
The fall of the Berlin Wall.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@SunshineGirl
Reminds me of how I came of age during the hotter part of the cold war. As a USAF pilot the Iron Curtain was very real with elaborate procedures to prevent triggering WW3. Narrow corridors for flying into Berlin and the risk of being fired on if an inch over the constraints. As I recall, Lufsta sa was not allowed to fly into Berlin and passengers had to change to a Pan Am flight to get to Berlin. We had diplomatic flights to zMoscow and Warsaw that had to be coordinated months in advance with the pickup of a Russian observer in Copenhagen. I visited the Wall a few times, the monuments for those killed trying to flee East zzGermany. For 25+ years the Wall was headline news. Then suddenly it crumbled. Overnight. All it takes is for a couple of people saying enough is enough.
Reminds me of how I came of age during the hotter part of the cold war. As a USAF pilot the Iron Curtain was very real with elaborate procedures to prevent triggering WW3. Narrow corridors for flying into Berlin and the risk of being fired on if an inch over the constraints. As I recall, Lufsta sa was not allowed to fly into Berlin and passengers had to change to a Pan Am flight to get to Berlin. We had diplomatic flights to zMoscow and Warsaw that had to be coordinated months in advance with the pickup of a Russian observer in Copenhagen. I visited the Wall a few times, the monuments for those killed trying to flee East zzGermany. For 25+ years the Wall was headline news. Then suddenly it crumbled. Overnight. All it takes is for a couple of people saying enough is enough.