DEATHIVERSARY: JFK JR. (July 16, 1999)
I was working at the Gap in Arlington, Texas when JFK JR. died. We were teenagers on our way to college, except for one woman, a retiree in her 60s. When the news broke, I remember she cried. In a pre-9-11 world, it was a pretty big deal that the son of the nation’s favorite son met an untimely death like his father. Who knew what horrors awaited us as the clocked ticked closer to Y-2K…
