I was scheduled to give my first official press conference that morning anyway, cause I was chairman of the Governors Energy Council and I was making a press conference with regard to energy policy. – William Scranton

The first one, obviously, was walking into my office at eight oclock in the morning on Wednesday, and being told there was a telephone call saying that there was an incident at Three Mile Island, and that it had shut down and that beyond that we didnt know. – William Scranton

Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning – going down and finding out that everything I had said, the essence of what I had said, was wrong. – William Scranton