This summed it up, Was thinking about it. Only I thought it would be sappy after so long...

It is exactly, absolutely exactly how I experienced that. The shock, the fear, and man did they put the fear into us. Jeebus, 45 years... Only I was in fifth grade. But it was the same. Probably the only difference was that I saw him personally, and experienced the hope. It was tremendous. And a lot more died that day.....

And the world went sad.....

The link is in the title.