Lunar landing: Mary Ellen Moore

Mary Ellen Moore, 50, of Floral Park, a math teacher and freshman dean at St. John's Prep in Astoria, Queens

I was 10. I was living in Astoria. My memory of that summer was distinct in that I was away at Girl Scout camp the night that they landed on the moon. My sister and I were together at camp . . . I believe it was upstate New York. So for a city kid to go away to camp was awesome.

The night they landed on the moon we were listening to it on transistor radios. I remember it was dark and spooky. We were out in a woody area, looking up. It was crystal clear light, you could see the moon. And being 10 years old and giggly, we thought we could actually see some activity up there. We did believe it. When you're 10 years old - to think that someone was actually out there, that far, landing on the moon, and that we could watch it happening was kind of the magic of being away at camp, which was a new experience for us.

I grew up in a five-story walk-up, so everything was concrete to me. Swimming in the lake was a new experience. So I guess we were kind of bright-eyed when we saw this happening - it was another extremely unusual thing occurring. And we believed it 100 percent. We believed we could see it. When you're 10 it's magic.

My sister and I still celebrate that day . . . She and I kind of remember how special that time was. Every year we talk about how cool that experience was. As we get older we spend more and more time talking about it.

It's like a celebration of being a kid.