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01-28-2006, 02:15 PM
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Space Shuttle Challenger, 20 years after
Has it really been 20 years? 
I was in 3rd grade watching on TV
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01-28-2006, 02:24 PM
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Junior in high school in my computer class (long live IBM RPG II!) when the principal made the announcement over the school's public address system. I can still remember my teacher turning ash white.
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01-28-2006, 03:12 PM
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Junior in college in an electrical engineering course. Somebody came and announced the shuttle had just exploded. Once we realized he wasn't joking, the professor cancelled class.
Probably the most shocking news moment since Kennedy. Then the most shocking until Sept. 11.
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01-28-2006, 03:24 PM
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Senior year in high school, fourth period. Art class. I distinctly remember hearing the news from the PA system, and the shocked silence the settled on the class.
I didn't see footage until I got home that afternoon. TVs with any reception, let alone cable, were very rare in those days (VCRs were still slowly taking over for projectors).
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01-28-2006, 03:36 PM
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I was driving a truck in rural indiana during a snowstorm when I heard it on the radio
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01-28-2006, 04:07 PM
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i was in the 4th grade math class (actually IN 3rd grade, i used to skip ahead for math and science), and we were watching it on tv. nobody could believe what was happening, it was the only time i saw a teacher cry. i was a little too young to realize how serious it was, but i knew it was a horrible disaster.
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01-28-2006, 04:10 PM
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Today my local radio station had the usual item about the 20th anniversary of the Challenger tragedy.The young newsreader also mentioned Christa McAuliffe by name, at least three times. Sadly, the name was pronounced McAwful.
This sort of thing is all to common at that station. They seem to actively avoid hiring anyone who can read & talk at the same time.
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01-28-2006, 06:17 PM
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Probably the most shocking news moment since Kennedy. Then the most shocking until Sept. 11.
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What elevates this tragedy beyond most others, before or since, in the national consciousness?
Would someone please provide some context?
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01-28-2006, 06:25 PM
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I was a Sophomore in high school. I still remember the announcement.
The other day I read an interesting fact regarding the disaster. It's often said that millions of people watched the tragedy happen on live TV. In reality, all the major network newscasts had already cut away BEFORE the shuttle exploded (CNN continued live coverage). NASA had arranged for satellite broadcast to many schools, but the general public did not have access (unless they had one of those huge dishes).
What many people recall seeing as a 'live broadcast' was really taped replays soon after the accident.
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01-28-2006, 06:33 PM
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