My parents were living in Chicago at the time (coincidentally in the same neighborhood where the Obamas and Ayers and his wife were later to live). My mom was pregnant with me and my brother was a year old. She was going to take my brother down to the convention to see what was going on (this was in the old days, news didn't travel as fast) and called my dad at work, who had heard already about the riots and was able to tell her just in time not to go.

My parents were living in Chicago at the time (coincidentally in the same neighborhood where the Obamas and Ayers and his wife were later to live). My mom was pregnant with me and my brother was about two. She was going to take my brother down to the convention to see what was going on (this was in the old days, news didn't travel as fast) and called my dad at work, who had heard already about the riots and was able to tell her just in time not to go.