Comments on: A morning like any other… https://nathanshumate.com/a-morning-like-any-other/ I make things, and I make things up. Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 By: Blake Dennis Matthews https://nathanshumate.com/a-morning-like-any-other/#comment-2697 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 14:27:16 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=6548#comment-2697 I was at the São Paulo MTC. I’d been there for a week and had just gotten back from the São Paulo temple on our first P-Day. We get back to our rooms and our two Brazilian roommates come in and try to explain to us what was happening. It took us a few minutes to figure it out. We then went to a local restaurant and watched footage of the disaster on the news.

That evening, the American missionaries had their Monday Night Meeting with the MTC President. He explained to us what had happened, had us sing the American National Anthem, and told us to avoid aglomerations as Americans–as Brazilians might take their anti-war (knowing that we’d be bombing the hell out of Afghanistan) sentiments on the Elders. We also learned that our MTC President was a Vietnam Vet and he told us that war was the lowest level of Hell and he hoped we’d never have to fight in one.

]]> By: RK https://nathanshumate.com/a-morning-like-any-other/#comment-2694 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 06:01:18 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=6548#comment-2694 , indeed: I'd say the day's historical impact on my generation was comparable to that of November 22, 1963 on my parents'.]]> I was in an art class at college when we got the news from our professor who’d been out getting some coffee or something at the faculty lounge; the significance of her announcement didn’t sink in until later when the college announced the rest of our classes for the day were canceled. Something I recall to this day was how surreal it was to see journalists of all stripes actually doing their jobs for a brief window of time before they went back to being political propagandists. History Being Made™, indeed: I’d say the day’s historical impact on my generation was comparable to that of November 22, 1963 on my parents’.

]]> By: False Profiteer https://nathanshumate.com/a-morning-like-any-other/#comment-2693 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:17:16 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=6548#comment-2693 In reply to Nathan.

Funny. Odd that those guys will always be burned into my memory due to that.

]]> By: Nathan https://nathanshumate.com/a-morning-like-any-other/#comment-2690 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:39:54 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=6548#comment-2690 In reply to False Profiteer.

Yup, Chunga and Marcus.

]]> By: False Profiteer https://nathanshumate.com/a-morning-like-any-other/#comment-2688 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:40:28 +0000 https://nathanshumate.com/?p=6548#comment-2688 Just out of curiosity since we’re from the same state and I also found out from morning radio DJs, were you listening to 107.5 The End?

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