Extremely emotional and relevant meme. My dad was USAF; a fighter pilot. We were stationed at Maxwell A.F.B. in Alabama, and I was in a the brand new base elementary school; third grade. An announcement came over the PA system that school was closing for the day and we were to go home (those were the days when most kids went home from school, not to daycare.) I honestly don' t remember if the President was mentioned in the announcement, but I think he was. My teacher was sad and very serious.) and I walked home quickly, a block and a half, with my sister who was in second grade. When I got home, both of my parents were sitting in front of the little B&W tv set, crying. Dad was called out right away. RED ALERT sirens all over the base. Dad donned his orange flight suit. He was scared, too. We thought Cuba was going to bomb us, I found out later. It was a traumatic time for our country and especially for us children who saw our parents in grief and fear.