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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 05:31 AM
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The Iraqi War. Saddam's capture is really just part of that story.
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 09:42 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence: The Iraqi War. Saddam's capture is really just part of that story. but that war was coming no matter what and we knew it. Saddam's capturing was breaking news, so I guess it had a bigger impact on me. for me personal, being a Dutchman, the biggest news of 2003 was the birth of Amalia, the first child of our crown prince; our future queen! the whole country went nuts. and of course Holland qualifying for Euro2004 - but that's soccer and I'll leave you Americans out of this
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 01:16 PM
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Most definatley the war. Even if you turn off the TV and try to ignore the whole situation....you still end up hearing about it.
The runnerup would definatley be the tragedy of the Space Shuttle Columbia. I live close to Johnson Space Center in Texas. The community took it rather hard, because that area of Houston takes great pride in NASA. Many people work for Nasa and it's contractors (Lockheed Martin and Boeing) And many astronauts (including former astronauts Neil Armstrong and Micheal Collins as well as astronauts on Columbia) live/or formerly lived in the area. I will always remember going to the gate of Johnson Space Center and adding some flowers to the makeshit memorial. And I also remember people crying, putting up signs of respect, lighting candles,as well as the presence of the media for a couple of weeks after the event. The tragedies of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia will never be forgotten.
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 04:24 PM
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Originally posted by Don Lights: The Blackout as it affected me more personally, I don't mean to sound selfish, but as of right now it felt the biggest news story for me. I consider the Iraqi war a big news story, but it didn't directyl affect me on the home front I admit and I remember and experinced the black out first hand. Wow! The Blackout must have sucked. I remember seeing all the New Yorkers and such on TV when that happened. That must have been crazy.
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 05:10 PM
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Originally posted by Disaffected: Originally posted by Don Lights: [b] The Blackout as it affected me more personally, I don't mean to sound selfish, but as of right now it felt the biggest news story for me. I consider the Iraqi war a big news story, but it didn't directyl affect me on the home front I admit and I remember and experinced the black out first hand. Wow! The Blackout must have sucked. I remember seeing all the New Yorkers and such on TV when that happened. That must have been crazy. [/b]I remember the black out. I was home alone, and I turned on the car radio and heard nothing but static and wierd noises. I was sure that there was a huge attack or something. Turned out that my radio was broken. Thank god that was it.
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 05:18 PM
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I picked the Shuttle Columbia crashing because that was on the news for months and months. That's all they could talk about. When I first heard about it, I thought, "Who cares? Don't thinks like this happen all the time?" I found out it was the first in a long time. -Pat
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 05:19 PM
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The blackout was crazy...Trying to get home, took like 7 hours. All I kept saying is, please let me get home before they start shooting and looting. The next weekend Times Square was back to normal.
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/22/03 05:34 PM
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Originally posted by Meggie: The blackout was crazy...Trying to get home, took like 7 hours. All I kept saying is, please let me get home before they start shooting and looting. The next weekend Times Square was back to normal. Damn, 7 hours to get home? I assume it was because all the traffic lights were out? That certainly is nuts.
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Re: Top News Story of 2003
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12/23/03 01:56 AM
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