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March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed

March 11, 2021 by Jack Gordon

On the morning of March 11, 2020, the headline story was expected to be Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing.

However, what followed turned out to be the most hectic days of the coronavirus yet. On that Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a global pandemic, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive, which promptly shut down the NBA and led to a domino effect of shutdowns in the following days, and actor Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced their positive results from Australia.

Listen to two students, who on that day also learned of the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in their hometown of Pasadena, discuss what they remember nearly a year later.

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