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In reply to the discussion: John Fitzgerald Kennedy 11-22-1963 Where Were You? [View all]secondwind
(16,903 posts)60. I was 16 also, in NYC, and was riding the subway home from school.
I noticed that people were not talking or smiling, etc. some were crying.
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