Chant Tea: Historical moment for Myrtle Beach
Where were you when the Chinese spy balloon was shot down?
Alexis Major
Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina
Major: Criminal justice
Year: Freshman
“I was in Columbia. My homegirl, she was here and she didn’t know about it. We’d seen it on the news, so I told my homegirl to go outside, but she was too scared to go outside.”
Em Gordon
Hometown: Winston Salem, North Carolina
Major: Art history
Year: Sophomore
“I was in my dorm, just chilling. My mom texted me, ‘Did you hear it was shot down in Myrtle Beach?’ It was funny watching the news go down about it and people posting on Instagram about it. Conway was the talk of the town.”
Jen Fiengo
Hometown: North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Major: Marketing and management
Year: Sophomore
“I was at work in Coastal Grand Mall and it shook the mall really bad with the noise it made. The power went out for a few minutes, but it was actually really cool.”
Carly Gustafson
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Major: Biology
Year: Sophomore
“I was sleeping. I woke up and everyone’s stories were videos of the spy balloon being shot down.”
Omar Miles
Hometown: Florence, South Carolina
Major: Computer science
Year: Sophomore
“I saw that white balloon and I thought it was a white balloon for those fraternities or sororities. I didn’t realize it was a Chinese spy balloon. Because I did not know the Chinese make balloons to spy on us. Why would they spy on us?”
James Hernandez
Hometown: Montvale, New Jersey
Major: Marketing
Year: Freshman
“I was at my dorm and my buddy was like ‘Come outside look at the sky!’ My dorm is Chanticleer dorm so I just went outside and looked up and there it was.”
