Something jumped out at me during the past few days. It's been well established that I've always been a news junkie, even going back to my teenage years. The Three Mile Island story hit when I was a senior in high school. I've been talking with a lot of people around my age this week, and I was not alone. A lot of us were really frightened by what was going on just outside of Harrisburg in March of 1979. This was a game changer.
Every generation has its "moments," both positive and negative. I was only 23 months old when President Kennedy was assassinated. I vividly remember Apollo 11 and the triumph of man on the moon, the relief when Vietnam was finally over, the frustration over Watergate, the bigger frustration surrounding the Iran hostage crisis...
TMI was a wake up call.
I guess the next watershed moment of a terrifying nature was 9/11.
I like to think we learn from these things, but there are many days where I'm not so sure.
