Some of the pain & embarrassment of the incident will subside when you start groovin' to the tunes of
Sesame Jamboree (or whatever this year's road show theme is
).
Bent and bent back
once should be OK. In the meantime, you could get hold of Pastor Bob (pastorbobnh, I believe); he has a ton of old Schwinns and you could probably get a - - matching even - -replacement from him. Or start scouting what yard sales are still going. I'd offer mine but the bike is whole and running good.