kekecperec t1_j692m0d wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:59 PM

I remember it so clearly. I was almost 9 years old and saw it on tv in the news with my family in Europe. It took forever to calm and comfort my brother, who was 5 at the time. It was one of the biggest (international) shocks of my childhood that I can remember.

TraumaGinger t1_j6av0ry wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:33 AM

I lived in Europe too! Naples, Italy. We saw it on AFN. I was 13.

Norwester77 t1_j6brftg wrote on January 29, 2023 at 4:54 AM

It was just before I turned 9, too.

I was in 3rd grade on the west coast of the US, so the explosion happened just before school started at 9 AM. They had the TVs on, covering the aftermath.