O.T.-What is the most amazing thing you've ever seen in person?(Keep it clean!)
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Don't feel too bad. Grant was drinking buddies with the entire electorate. So he doesn't count.
All these years and he still hasn't figured out that '911' isn't the number for a car service. lol
1. Guy flying kite from the last row Rutgers stadium vs Syracuse - about 14k that day in the stadium
2. Dick Clark trying to do the count down for New Years rocking eve following his stroke ( amazing people let it happen) he forgot the numbers
3. RU-Louisville, the whole season was a blast
2. Dick Clark trying to do the count down for New Years rocking eve following his stroke ( amazing people let it happen) he forgot the numbers
3. RU-Louisville, the whole season was a blast
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I was actually picturing yesrutgers01 shaking and crying. :joy:
In all seriousness, this is a serious claim that warrants serious scrutiny, I'm no DNA but we need to see some proof. Teddrick Hunt got Amy Schumer to confirm via twitter, your move yesrutgers01.
Was in Japan for business and saw Mike Tyson get knocked on his ass by some guy named James 'buster' Douglass.
Everything post 9-11 around the city like the tunnels being closed , military presence all over. Our world changed that day . May we never forget
Everything post 9-11 around the city like the tunnels being closed , military presence all over. Our world changed that day . May we never forget
I do travel alot so I have seen many of the major landmarks both domestic and foreign.
The most amazing thing that I have seen was the front facade of the Library of Celcius in Turkey, because I didn't even knew it existed until it was 100 feet in front of me.
The most amazing thing that I have seen was the front facade of the Library of Celcius in Turkey, because I didn't even knew it existed until it was 100 feet in front of me.
1st amazing thing as a kid was coming up from the train onto a Manhattan Street... then atop the Empire State and WTC.. when you haven't seen anything bigger than, say 4 stories, the first view of a skyscaper from the street is mind-boggling.
2nd was probably the giant coastal redwoods and then the bottom of the grand canyon for sunset and then sunrise followed closely by Notre Dame in Paris.
3rd, sadly, is watching a spec in the distance on the horizon disappear in a cloud.. WTC.
4th, as someone mentioned early in this thread, the 2006 D in the 2nd half vs Louisville. Simple amazing.
2nd was probably the giant coastal redwoods and then the bottom of the grand canyon for sunset and then sunrise followed closely by Notre Dame in Paris.
3rd, sadly, is watching a spec in the distance on the horizon disappear in a cloud.. WTC.
4th, as someone mentioned early in this thread, the 2006 D in the 2nd half vs Louisville. Simple amazing.
The baseball rolling between Bill Buckner's legs from my right field seat directly behind him
I was in Japan in 2011 when the Great Earthquake happened. Watching those buildings sway side to side like that was pretty crazy. But I would have to say the earthquake is second to watching a child come into this world... vaginally!
I was in the house for that game and I almost listed it as one of my things. That was definitely an amazing night!
My dad was at the Maris 61st homer game and actually had a video recorder with him. The video quality isn't great, but he was behind home plate, presumably in the upper deck. Unfortunately he started to jump up and down when the home run was hit, but still a neat memento. I told him he should have sent it to the Yankees when they were doing all the 61 stuff a few years ago.
Most amazing thing I ever saw, 1996 Al CS, game 1, Derek Jeter at the plate, puts one to right field, the ball looks like it has no chance to leave the park, but suddenly is in the stands and the umps are signalling Home Run. I saw it live. Bought the tickets that morning by calling the box office and some how they had seats.
Also August 11, 1973, Mickey Mantles' final home run in Yankee Stadium, live again.
I guess a 3rd would be working Tom Young's camp with the likes of John Battle Roy Hinson, reffing Dematha vs St. Anhony's (Dehere, & Hurley) in the final. A certain Bridgewater Raritan West player was there too....was a ton of fun for a rising senior at RU to participate in.
Also August 11, 1973, Mickey Mantles' final home run in Yankee Stadium, live again.
I guess a 3rd would be working Tom Young's camp with the likes of John Battle Roy Hinson, reffing Dematha vs St. Anhony's (Dehere, & Hurley) in the final. A certain Bridgewater Raritan West player was there too....was a ton of fun for a rising senior at RU to participate in.
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-Being chased by a tornado in Witchita
-Flying over the Bay Area the day after the World Series earthquake and seeing the damage on Oakland Bay Bridge, and the freeways completely empty during rush hour. (The earthquake itself was my most terrifying experience)
-Masada
-Flying over the Bay Area the day after the World Series earthquake and seeing the damage on Oakland Bay Bridge, and the freeways completely empty during rush hour. (The earthquake itself was my most terrifying experience)
-Masada
Was about to say the same thing... watching the second plane hit and then a few mins later watching the collapses.
As a MP in the Army, my company had to provide security for a trainload of WW1 nerve gas from Alabama to NC for disposal in the Atlantic by the Navy.All kind of protests along the way.
In sports - RU comeback against Columbia in 1961 to go undefeated. The 1st night game against Pitt in the old stadium. The Pete Ward line drive that hit Pete Mikklesen in the head and Jim Nicholson hitting a HR into the top of the left center bleachers in the same game. Reggie Smith hitting 4 HRS against the Phillies. Standing next to Tiger Woods on the putting green at the Mercedes Championship/Pro-Am in 1998. Catching a souvenir ball from Ted Kluzewski at the Polo Grounds.
In sports - RU comeback against Columbia in 1961 to go undefeated. The 1st night game against Pitt in the old stadium. The Pete Ward line drive that hit Pete Mikklesen in the head and Jim Nicholson hitting a HR into the top of the left center bleachers in the same game. Reggie Smith hitting 4 HRS against the Phillies. Standing next to Tiger Woods on the putting green at the Mercedes Championship/Pro-Am in 1998. Catching a souvenir ball from Ted Kluzewski at the Polo Grounds.
Pink Floyd at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia in 1987 as a high school freshman
Halloween 2001: Game 4 of the World Series. Yankees one strike away from going down in the series 3-1 with the score at 3-1 with two outs and two strikes, and Tino Martinez hits a two-run homer to tie the game. Then in the 10th inning, now in November, Jeter hits a walk-off homer to win the game and tie the series at two. If that wasn't miraculous enough, on the very next night (doesn't really count for this thread since I didn't see this happen in person), Brosius hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 9th also with two outs to tie that game which they eventually won also. Might have been the most incredible comeback in World Series history if the Yankees didn't blow the 3-2 series lead that those two games gave them.
Not as much at stake, but just out of the near impossibility of ever replicating this, I'll include this in the thread: In my college years while playing a game of beer pong, this guy on the other side tries to bounce the ball into one of our cups, so I quickly go to swat the ball away. It went up into the air and presumably safely away from our cups, until it then went off of a ceiling fan that was on its highest speed, and directly into the drinking cup in my hand to end the game.
Not as much at stake, but just out of the near impossibility of ever replicating this, I'll include this in the thread: In my college years while playing a game of beer pong, this guy on the other side tries to bounce the ball into one of our cups, so I quickly go to swat the ball away. It went up into the air and presumably safely away from our cups, until it then went off of a ceiling fan that was on its highest speed, and directly into the drinking cup in my hand to end the game.
Yep. Watching my four kids being born. An absolute miracle.
Watching the battle flag of the 26th North Carolina Troops (reactivated) being planted on the stone wall at The Bloody Angle at Gettysburg, PA in July of 1997. Exact same spot that it was planted (and captured) on 03JUL1863. Carried by the 3-times great nephew of the man who carried the colors to the wall in 1863. We marched in battle line, with colors, in uniform, with rifled muskets, bayonnetts fixed. Started near Lee Monument on Seminary Ridge, and marched across the open fields to Cemetery Ridge. 3/4 of us stopped at Emmitsburg Road to represent those that did not make it to the wall.
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The Grand Canyon. You know it's coming, but when you see it, it's jaw dropping.
Nighttime camping on a rocky bluff 15 feet up above the Johnstone Strait in British Columbia - was looking in the water when I saw an orca in hot pursuit of a salmon right below my feet. And the only reason I saw it was because the fish and the whale hunting it were disturbing the phosphorescent bio-organisms in the water, so they glowed an eerie green.
Walking on the Great Wall of China
Mets win game 6 and then game 7 of the 86 World Series
Mets win game 6 and then game 7 of the 86 World Series
saw the second plane as well... skipped school that day with my buddies.. we went up to Mt. Mitchell after hitting up the quick stop(clerks) for some smokes(road trip for us young highschoolers)... after it hit we were like OMG WTF is going on... so we high tailed it back to school, snuck back in and heard what happened... never forget that shiz
I was 5. It was the day I found out my favorite uncle drove an ice cream truck. We came home and it was parked in my driveway. My head almost exploded from happiness.
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