Many people ask from time to time.
The idea is that everyone remembers where they were when they heard such important news. Well, maybe I shouldn't admit it, but I was sitting on the couch at a friend's house and cussing about his driving. In typical Earnhardt fashion, he had already bumped someone coming into the pits earlier in the race and had a few other close calls on the track. He drove right through a giant smash-up involving 17 cars. Earnhardt didn't even get a scratch.