As with jiminnm [[classmate) I was in my junior year at Cass Tech at and busy at my station in Mrs. Shellington’s chemistry lab.

It was second to the last period of the day and one of my buddies, John B., ran into the lab and said the President was shot. There shouts from the other students, such as “what, are you joking? John blurted out what he had overheard, which was not much. Then, there seemed to be a big commotion in the hall and a lot of noise.

Quickly thereafter the school was shut down and things were quite somber on the way out. The ride home on the Vernor bus was quiet. As this happened on a Friday we had the whole weekend and I seemed glued to the TV to learn what unfolded.