Where Were You...

...40 Years Ago Today?

July 20, 1969... Remember?
Apollo 11...?
The Eagle...?
Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong!
Command Module Pilot Michael Collins!
Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr.!

AAaahhh! Now you remember! The first man on the MOON!!!


I was 20 years old and I was still living in Monterrey, México. I went to a friend's house and, sitting in his livingroom, watching TV, this is what I saw:


I could barely tell what was happening on the screen, a figure moving down, another jumping in slow motion, lots of shadows and a few traces of light. But I knew I was watching something nobody had ever seen before.

I know Anderson saw it too, but he was sitting on the lap oh his mom or dad.

Well, maybe not quite like this, but imagine it about 35 years earlier.

While Carter was probably running around all over the room with a toy space ship. We all probably stood still for a few seconds when the TV showed this:


And the rest is history!