RE: What's the first major news story you can remember living through as a child?

Thank you, yes I can remember many things from my childhood.

I am not sure which parent took the photos, I am guessing both because I have photos of both in them. When I put them on the computer in Google Cloud, I arrange them in albums, which makes it easy to find what I am looking for. Having them there ensures they are protected if something happens to the originals.

I guess they had us get under our desks because we live so close to Cape Canaveral and they thought it would get hit by a Russian missile, that is the only reason I can think of. I do not think a desk would help much in such an attack, but it must have made them think so.

We were a small school, this was two grades in this class. I would rather have our teacher telling us the news than a PA system, which we did not have.