It was a Friday. I was in my dorm room in Owen Dorm when I heard the news. "The President has been Shot". I'm not sure how I got the news. We didn't have a tv in the room. We did have a radio. It could have been over the radio or it could have been one of my roommates who broke the news. My roommates were high school classmate, Terry Roderick, and a fellow named Charles Barker. Charles attended nearby Laffette High School but I did not know him until the three of us started at NCSU that fall in 1963.
This is what Owen Dorm looks like today. By the way, fellow high school classmates Ronnie Coats and Ronnie Wheeler were also in the same dorm.
Terry Roderick
Ronnie Coats
Ronnie Wheeler
It was a sad day for America. We were still very young and had no idea of what the future held for us. Thankfully, we are all still here and able to recall where we were 50 years ago today.
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