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Moments like those create significant freeze-frame memories of where you were at the time. I was in a BMW showroom in Newton, New Jersey. Where were you?
I was at work, listening on the radio. Had I closed the office and run outside, I would've been able to see the horrible plume in the sky with my own eyes...
I was on the couch in the living room of the house where I grew up in Fresno, home from school (7th grade) because I was sick. My grandmother was in town for my birthday...we watched NBC's coverage all day because Grandma was hoping against hope that they would eventually go back to her regularly scheduled soap operas.
Courier pigeon? And short-wave radio is still remarkably popular.
Difficult to believe that it has been twenty years. But sadly this was also not the first and last event of its kind.
I must admit that I remember Reagan's speech - the "touch the face of god" line - unbearably cheesy, but oddly gut wrenching; after all, I do remember the line after 20 yrs.
I don't think any of us will ever forget this. 20 years ago I was a few months shy of 16 and in NJ. My memory of this tragedy is more about the children who were watching the launch live in their classrooms and the subsequent assemblies to deal with the emotional fallout. I remember Reagan speaking and feeling comforted. He had that ability.
I'm amazed to read the very different ways this event touched very different lives. Some were children, some young adults, and some were well into adulthood... all at different stages of live, but all touched by the tragedy.
I, too, was comforted by President Reagan's speech (which BTW was written by Peggy Noonan). The phrase 'touching the face of God' was just perfect.
It's very much the "I remember just where I was" moment of my youth.
Have you heard that they are making / have made a TV movie about what happened at NASA before and after that - changes that were made because of it? TNT I think.
My 7th grade class was watching the lift off on television. When it exploded, we all were in a state of shock. We thought it was from a movie or something...that it couldn't have been real.
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Sorry, I needed to delete that comment, so here's the retry:
Moments like those create significant freeze-frame memories of where you were at the time. I was in a BMW showroom in Newton, New Jersey. Where were you?
It is hard to believe it's been 20 years. I think it is vivid in our minds because it was so very tragic and had such a huge impact on all of us.
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You asked what the round thing was that my hubby was holding in that pic. It was a mini balloon stuck into a square box of candies.
I was at work, listening on the radio. Had I closed the office and run outside, I would've been able to see the horrible plume in the sky with my own eyes...
I was on the couch in the living room of the house where I grew up in Fresno, home from school (7th grade) because I was sick. My grandmother was in town for my birthday...we watched NBC's coverage all day because Grandma was hoping against hope that they would eventually go back to her regularly scheduled soap operas.
It sure doesn't seem like 20 years ago.
20 years ago...well, I was 8 and lived in east Germany. So I have no memories of this, I googled and brushed up on it though!
Don't you just love the internet. How else could people of such diverse lives converse every day. It's a wonderful medium.
cube,we could always send up smoke-signals :D
Courier pigeon? And short-wave radio is still remarkably popular.
Difficult to believe that it has been twenty years. But sadly this was also not the first and last event of its kind.
I must admit that I remember Reagan's speech - the "touch the face of god" line - unbearably cheesy, but oddly gut wrenching; after all, I do remember the line after 20 yrs.
I was in Florida as I am from there. I remember a lot of people who have died in the last 20 years.
I don't think any of us will ever forget this. 20 years ago I was a few months shy of 16 and in NJ. My memory of this tragedy is more about the children who were watching the launch live in their classrooms and the subsequent assemblies to deal with the emotional fallout. I remember Reagan speaking and feeling comforted. He had that ability.
I'm amazed to read the very different ways this event touched very different lives. Some were children, some young adults, and some were well into adulthood... all at different stages of live, but all touched by the tragedy.
I, too, was comforted by President Reagan's speech (which BTW was written by Peggy Noonan).
The phrase 'touching the face of God' was just perfect.
Thank you all for sharing such personal memories.
It's very much the "I remember just where I was" moment of my youth.
Have you heard that they are making / have made a TV movie about what happened at NASA before and after that - changes that were made because of it? TNT I think.
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My 7th grade class was watching the lift off on television. When it exploded, we all were in a state of shock. We thought it was from a movie or something...that it couldn't have been real.
bw: I've seen a movie about the Challenger accident, but it didn't cover any aftermath. In fact it ended with the astronauts boarding the shuttle.
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