Story time. I'm a former Air Force brat and was in high school at an air base in West Germany in 1985. One day the principal of the high school came over the intercom and told us to stand by for an important announcement. You could hear the stress in his voice. We all immediately thought that war had kicked off with the Soviets and that the missiles would be hitting us shortly. This was the height of the Cold War and we knew that we would be one of the first targets for any attack.

Several tense minutes followed before the principle came back over the intercom and announced that a bomb had been found on one of the U.S. school buses in another part of West Germany. We were advised to be especially vigilant regarding any unattended or suspicious items on our buses. This was at a time when the Red Army Faction (German commies) were doing bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations across West Germany.

Let me tell you, we all collectively breathed a sigh of relief after that announcement that we weren't facing nuclear armageddon. We were already used to worrying about Red Army Faction terrorist attacks.

Story time. I'm an Air Force brat and was in high school at an air base in West Germany in 1985. One day the principal of the high school came over the intercom and told us to stand by for an important announcement. You could hear the stress in his voice. We all immediately thought that war had kicked off with the Soviets and that the missiles would be hitting us shortly. This was the height of the Cold War and we knew that we would be one of the first targets for any attack.

Several tense minutes followed before the principle came back over the intercom and announced that a bomb had been found on one of the U.S. school buses in another part of West Germany. We were advised to be especially vigilant regarding any unattended or suspicious items on our buses. This was at a time when the Red Army Faction (German commies) were doing bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations across West Germany.

Let me tell you, we all collectively breathed a sigh of relief after that announcement that we weren't facing nuclear armageddon. We were already used to worrying about Red Army Faction terrorist attacks.