Quote Originally Posted by Greg44 View Post
My plane landed in San Francisco - Nov 1978 about the same time as a delegation returned from the Jonestown mass suicide - sea of reporters in the concourse, so I followed them - having a long lay over until my next flight - in the path of history being made.

Nov 1984 decided not to go running on Pre's trail while at the University of Oregon, only to learn a sniper was shooting at runners from Autzen Stadium. Phew, I would have been an easy target :-(

Shook hands with both Robert Kennedy and Rosalyn Carter.
My first thought was "wow!". Amazing how much little choices/decisions can have life-altering consequences.