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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
We all change to some degree as we age, as does the world around us. I think it's useful and important to re-examine the big events that happen during our lifetimes, and this documentary provides a good way to do that for this particular event.
I was 16 when the LA Riots happened. I remember it, of course, but I didn't have the life experience to truly understand it or what it meant. I was also in my own personal hell at the time, so the outside world was pretty fuzzy around the edges for me.
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Originally Posted by cc_in_oh
I'm not sure if I'll watch the video, but it was a unique experience for me. I was on a project in Irvine and stayed that night at the Best Western in El Toro, where we watched on TV in the bar. It was crowded and I shared a table with a "local" from La Jolla and a tourist couple from Scotland. The local was cynical and found the whole thing thoroughly entertaining. The Scots were completely dumbfounded at what was happening only a few miles away.
The bartender kept changing channels. It seemed like LA news crews were competing to see who could probe deeper into the riot zone. One woman reporter stood at an intersection with no power, a burning building, a car with a body in it. No police or fire responders in sight. Shots were heard and the cameraman first turned to see where they came from, then when answering shots came from the opposite direction, the crew ran for their lives with the camera still going.
The next morning I drove up the 405 to Simi Valley. With all the downtown businesses closed, traffic was almost nonexistent instead of the usual parking lot, and smoke everywhere - it was like a scene from a science fiction movie.
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Yeah, not everyone is like me (be thankful. ha!). I appreciate hearing your different perspectives.
I don't think that I watched much of the coverage when it happened. It was not that I didn't care, wasn't worried, etc. I don't know how to explain it, unless it's that there was only so much that I could stand.
My interest in the events of 9/11 were like that. There was only so much that I could stand. I watched the coverage for a while, then went to get lunch. I was in a fog the whole day, but didn't turn on the TV all that much the rest of the day. Basically just caught the sound bites and video clips later on.
I can't stand to re-live disasters, although, interestingly, I'd like to visit the 9/11 museum ,on site (World Trade Center site, not the Pentagon site so much), one of these days.