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Massachusetts Avenue when the storm hit. What the Sperryville resident remembers most about the storm, being a typical 10 year-old boy, was that the snow was packed and perfect for sledding. “I went sleigh riding every day for I don’t know how long,” he said.
His house was just 4 1/2 blocks from the Knickerbocker Theatre on Columbia Road, where 98 people tragically lost their lives when the roof of the theatre collapsed. Mr. Herndon remembers that well, too. One of the fire trucks on the way to the theatre got stuck right in front of his house. His grandmother responded to a request for blankets needed at the theatre by donating three.
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