He was, like many, a spectator of the events unfolding. I had even gone to watch the activities earlier that week by the bell. It was like a carnival, a release of tensions for most students not intimately involved with the movement. But, all of us were warned that gathering for a demonstration was illegal under martial law. Those who did not listen, placed themselves in harms way.
Group think ruled the day.
And, all will be forever changed. At the very least, we lost our innocence as a nation. I found a job back at Akron City Hospital, and my husband found a job as a dispatch clerk with the campus police. Summer went fast. We were to be whole once again.