doc_text:  There are events one never forgets.
   Anyone who was alive in 1963 remembers where he was when President Kennedy was assassinated.
  And anyone who was at Candlestick Park Tuesday night for Game 3 of the World Series will never forget.
   I was in a trailer just outside the stadium, about to watch the telecast when the earthquake hit.
  It was shortly after the network went on the air.
  My immediate reaction was that a jet was flying very low overhead, but soon I knew what was happening.
   To me, the earthquake was not as bad as the Whittier quake in October, 1987, mainly because I was awake this time.
   I opened the door to the trailer and looked out.
  The stadium was shaking and the special concrete joint -- one of several strategically spaced around the top of the stadium to prevent earthquake damage -- was doing was it was designed to do.
  It was opening and closing as if the place was made of cardboard instead of concrete.
   A few people were running out of the stadium, but there did not seem to be great alarm, because the quake did not last long.
   I walked into the stadium to interview fans.
  And again, I sensed little panic.
   Most people stayed in their seats, waiting to hear whether the game would be postponed.
   And later, when fans started leaving en masse, the reaction of those I talked to varied.
  Those who were sitting in the upper deck seemed considerably more shaken than those in the lower levels.
  LARRY STEWART 
summary_text: Experience of a reporter at Candlestick Park for the World Series the night of the 1989 San Francisco quake: I was sitting in a trailer outside the stadium when the earthquake hit.
  I looked out and the stadium was shaking.
  A special concrete joint on top of the stadium was opening and closing like cardboard.
  A few people were running out.
  I walked into the stadium to interview fans and sensed little panic.
  Most people stayed, waiting to hear whether the game would be postponed.
  When leaving, those in the upper deck seemed more shaken that those in lower levels.