Other journalists who were at the United Nations recall no doubts that the shoe came from Khrushchev's foot.

A week later, on Friday, April 18, two journalists recalled, they joined two soldiers who were driving in a Humvee to investigate the nearby bunkers.

I asked one girl what her mom did," this journalist recalled, "and she got all embarrassed and whispered, 'I'm here with a friend's mom.

One Yugoslav journalist who dared to inquire delicately about his mother's death recalls: "His face froze and turned pale.

A Serbian journalist who has worked in Bosnia recalled the questions that were asked when he returned to Belgrade.

A local journalist recalled how his best friend had returned a rich man.

A 15 journalist recalls her 20-year addiction to alcohol.

A journalist who was there watching the scene recalls "getting that sick feeling you get sometimes with him, thinking 'Oh God, please don't do this.' "

Despite Mr. Gonzalez's gloomy mood, politicians and journalists recall that brinkmanship is one of his trademarks.

A local journalist recalls singing "Nearer My God to Thee" on the way up to kill the time.