The Boston marathon bombing happened the day I entered the mission field

Jun 12, 2023
3:32:46pm

Ben Swife Walk-on

It was strange to be only vaguely aware that something significant had happened. Also the movie Frozen—kids sang it so much I knew the music by the time I got home but has no idea what the plot was.

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Ben Swife

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What important events have you missed because you were off the grid?? This could

Penske Material

6/12/23 2:37pm

Bernard4Heisman

Indy Coug

6/12/23 2:39pm

Challenger explosion

Sea Chicken

6/12/23 2:48pm

The mission is a weird period

jxncoog

6/12/23 2:53pm

The Boston marathon bombing happened the day I entered the mission field

Ben Swife

6/12/23 3:32pm

Same. I was in Portugal and returned that night to our apartment, our landlord

firstclass

6/12/23 2:57pm

I missed that one too. I was in Florida, but

supertux

6/12/23 7:14pm

I was on the toilet when that earthquake hit SLC in 2020 (during COVID).

m0resn0w

6/12/23 2:56pm

Beck to Harline. I was on a cruise in the Caribbean, and the ship did not have

RealSimsShadY

6/12/23 3:20pm

Missed BYU's run to the NC. Was in Japan on a mission.

Division Bell

6/12/23 3:21pm

Jazz/Bulls Finals when I was 12. Parents sent me to some scout leadership training thing at Scofield. Total horse crap

mokelembembe

6/12/23 3:23pm

My mom was on a nearly uninhabited Panamanian island in June ‘94 & missed the OJ Simpson news.

ImBlueDaBaDe

6/12/23 3:37pm

I wasn't really off the grid, but I just don't watch or read any news stories.

crack

6/12/23 3:56pm

I was out at sea on a submarine for most of the 1996 football season. I did get

Submariner

6/12/23 4:03pm

Utes to the B10

ochobeeguy

6/12/23 4:04pm

I was on a cruise when they got Osama

supertux

6/12/23 7:14pm

On my mission during Katrina.

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