1.28.2008
Where were you on January 28, 1986?
During the drive home tonight, the reporter on KMOX 1120 reminded listeners that today is the anniversary of the tragic disaster of the Space Shuttle Challenger. I was struck by this announcement and I was taken back to that day 22 years ago. I was in the fourth grade and my classmates and I waited to move to a neighboring classroom to watch Christa McAuliffe's first space broadcast. We never got to see that broadcast. Another teacher came into our room and announced that the shuttle blew up during takeoff. I don't remember much else after that moment, except that my teacher, Mrs. Craven, sat at her desk and cried.
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I was in 4th grade, too. Mrs. Pope's class. I don't remember actually hearing the news, but I know that class stopped after we found out. I sat under a table with my friend Karen who was worried about her father, who was a pilot. (Why? I don't know, we were 4th graders)It's certainly the first major news event I remember.
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