Collected Item: “The First Bomb Dropped”
Give your story a title.
The First Bomb Dropped
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Facebook messages
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
I was on exchange in Edinburgh in the first half of 2020, and was forced to return home early because of COVID-19. These messages show 3 of my friends announcing in a Facebook group chat that they were heading home to Austria, which came as a huge surprise to the rest of us in the group. This was a sad, confusing, disorienting moment, which these messages demonstrate.
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Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#goodbye, #edinburgh, #facebook, #sad, #confused, #chaos, #leaving, #change, #travel, #borders
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Facebook
Give this story a date.
2020-03-13