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Flashbulb memories: Reliving in 4K the moment I heard about LKY’s death
Some moments in time when we learn of shocking news feel so vivid, we can almost relive them.
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Flashbulb memories are the moments when people find out something traumatic or significant, and are able to recall with great detail the entire scene, as if one took a photo of the moment.
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When the news first broke on March 23, 2015, of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s death,
I recall starkly the sense of loneliness, far away from home, as what seemed like the mourning of an entire nation unfolded – going by the endless clips and montages of his life being played on television and shared on social media.
