I had just graduated from nursing school and worked as a nurse in a city emergency room from 4-12. My mother worked at the hospital but day shift. I took the bus to the hospital and walked into the lobby that was right in front of my mother's office. All the resident doctors were in the lobby crying. I walked into my mother's office and asked what was going on. She told me that the president had been killed. I started to cry; could not believe this was true. I worked the emergency room that evening and for a rarity in a city hospital we saw only one patient. The patient was a stock broker who got drunk after hearing the news.
My parents and I stayed glued to the TV until all the events were over. Saw when Oswald was killed. Saw the riderless horseman and Jackie and the kids walking behind.
Loss of a great leader and we can only dream of what changes he could have made.
Cannot believe it has been 50 years. It still feels like it just happened. I don't think I will ever forget this event.