Yes, I was here in 1979. My family lived within the five-mile radius of the Island, and our daughter was one-year old. We were officially evacuated, and left on Friday right after the news report of the Geiger counter in a small plane “spiked” the radiation scale. I have quite the story to tell with regard to the panic, the evacuation, the aftermath. I was very involved in the the Three Mile Island Alert organization fighting to keep the plant closed, and appeared in the film We are The Guinea Pigs that was released in 1980.
Catherine