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That Unforgettable Moment
In a weekend filled with unforgettable moments and images, this is one of the most iconic of all. Choking back the emotion that all of us felt, the sight of Walter Cronkite making the news official and showing ever so briefly his human side, this consummate professional soldiered on. Although all three networks were on the air reporting furiously, this image of this man in this moment is the one most remembered.
I was 6 years old then. Old enough to know that this was a very bad thing that happened, but not old enough to understand why. But I remember it well.
Is this a print of the video or a real shot of the TV?
I’ll watch.
CBSnews is streaming their original coverage online now as it happened.
I agree. Walter Cronkite was “America’s Anchorman” in 1963. I watched the CBS coverage …. because that was the only network that we could receive.
Here’s NBC’s Frank McGee grimacing when told the news by Robert MacNeil…
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