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Valued Member
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Grandmother's living room, aged 7 in my pajamas, watching an explosion I didn't fully understand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was in first grade and I remember it. I did not fully understand what had happened at the time, but I remember my teacher talking about it and watching it on TV.
May they rest in peace.
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Pillar of the Community
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1st grade for me....Maybe one of the only things I can vividly remember from that time in my life... Pretty traumatic for 6 year old  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I remember that day well, I was on a snowmobile riding across a lake and the ice broke...two guys fished me out and hauled me to a truck,while I was sitting there trying to warm up,I heard the news on the radio.
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Rest in Peace
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Being well over 30 ... I remember the disaster well. I was walking to my office (I was personnel manager of a Montgomery Ward store in Los Angeles at the time) and stopped for a moment to see why so many people were gathered in brown goods in front of the TV's. It was hard for all of us to carry on after that, and I was particularly shocked that the life of a dedicated teacher was among those lost in the explosion.
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Pillar of the Community
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I was in the (foreign) army. Didn't even know what was going on in my own country!
Remember Columbia though!
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01/28/2011 3:25 pm
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Valued Member
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I was in 1st grade. I remember being home that day though. Must have been sick or something. I was watching TV with my mom in my parents bedroom.
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I remember that day VERY well!Ironically, earlier in the day my wife had a miscarriage and was on bed rest . Her cousin is a shuttle astronaut(luckily,not on the Challenger) so we were watching the launch with great interest. What a shock that explosion was!
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Great insights into the numismatic history biokemist6 ... I was a young engineer working in Houston when it happened.
David
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:It is also worth noting that NASA wrongly stated that these would be the first legal tender US coins in orbit. Nitpicking but they were correct. " first legal tender American coinage to make a trip into orbit on mission 51-L" No other coins had ever flown on mission 51-L before. I had just home from that days college classes, heard the announcement on the radio and spent the rest of the afternoon watching the TV. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I was in the 10th grade when it happened
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Valued Member
United States
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I remember where I was on that day. I was a Senior in high school. I was in my 3rd period Chemistry class watching the launch on TV.
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Pillar of the Community
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I was in high school had come home sick, turned on the TV, and saw the news caster - I think it was Peter Jennings - holding a scale model of the Space Shuttle. At that point, I knew something was terribly wrong.
Reagan gave a great speech that night.
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I was home from school due to snow. Our house also caught on fire that day.
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Thanks Bio, very interesting. I was in St. Louis Mo. that day, heard the news announcing it on KSHE-95, a local radio station.  |
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