Do you remember where you were?
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awpitt
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I was in Pascagoula, MS. at the Ingalls Shipyard where my ship was undergoing ROH. A few of us were heading to the ship from the ET shop when someone came up and said the shuttle blew up. First reaction was to say stop BSing us but it was true. Everyone went to the APL to watch the news coverage.
The commentary on this is chilling. You'd think there would be pandemonium, but everyone's just acting like nothing really happened.
Dymphna
Loyalty, Friendship, Love
My father worked for the printing company that got the contract to print the official government report on the shuttle disaster. I remember Dad saying that it was the only time the printing company had armed guards on the store room. They didn't want the report leaking before the official release. Even the printing mistakes were locked up. Some of the copies that didn't pass quality control ended up at our house, but not until after the official release.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
In a guest house in Schweinfurt Germany making dinner. We had just arrived in country maybe a week before, and were in the guest house awaiting a place to live and our car to get there.
Neighbor was cooking dinner in the shared kitchen and was banging on doors for people to come see..
Neighbor was cooking dinner in the shared kitchen and was banging on doors for people to come see..
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Mrs. Murphy's 4th grade class sitting indian style on the floor watching T.V.
godsbutterfly
Free to Fly
I was at work. The news started spreading around the office. I went home that evening and watched it on the news. I just stared at it. My husband said the Daycare Center had the T.V. on at the time of the launch but didn't think any of the children were old enough to understand what happened. This many years later I'm not sure I fully understand what happened either.
SoMDGirl42
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Standing in my living room watching live. My ex was in the kitchen. When it exploded I called him to come watch. He didn't believe me at first. I had just found out not long before that I was pregnant, so I was an emotional wreck. I started bawling like a baby.
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RadioPatrol
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US Army ; Fort Carson Colorado ....
Ponytail
New Member
I was in Social Study's class watching it on our schools closed circuit TV. One of our teachers was 2nd runner up (if I remember that right) to go on the shuttle so the entire high school was watching. I had the seat closest to the TV and I remember turning around to look at the rest of the faces in class, to see what my reaction to it was supposed to be.
