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MarineCombatEngineer

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7. I had a friend of mine who lived about 12-15 miles from ground zero

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:32 PM

Apr 28

and it broke out his windows facing towards the explosion, at that time, Reagan was Pres. at the height of the cold war and he was sure the button had been pushed.

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Yikes. Strength to the injured, and grieving. electric_blue68 Apr 27 #4

This could very well be an accident, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 27 #5

Woah! That's terrifying! electric_blue68 Apr 28 #6

I had a friend of mine who lived about 12-15 miles from ground zero MarineCombatEngineer Apr 28 #7

Oh, shit! Unfortunately, That makes horiffic sense! electric_blue68 Apr 28 #8