25 year anniversary of the Space Shuttle disaster

[rellik74]

I was at work and planed my break for lift off and Bang what a sad day.

I have made it a point to watch every lift off since I was a kid since moon landing. (yea IM old)

[patrick0685]

ya...i was like 7 months old...so i can tell you i live in southern GA at the time

[ronaldrwl]

At work (Hughes Aircraft) with my wife. She had briefly known and worked with one of the engineers (Gregory Jarvis).

[spyder]

I was 4, we were at home watching it on the tv and recording it on VHS.

[theGinsue]

I was sitting at the main system console of System 2B, a WWMCCS test and development system @ Scott AFB, IL.

I was an Airman, one day short of being at my first permanent duty station for one month.

Because this was a classified environment, we had no TV's or radios. I remember a guy walking up to a group of us and telling us what had happened. No one believed him - hey, this was the Cinderella story flight whereas a non-astronaut public school teacher was going into space - nothing could possibly have really gone wrong; right?

Moments later the phones started ringing with calls coming in from everywhere telling us what had happened.

The rest of the day at work was spent in a certain numb silence.

When I got off of work I ran back to my dorm (barracks) and watched the events on my roommates TV.

[2008f450]

I was in class (6th grade) when someone from the office came in. My teacher turned on the t.v. and we saw the live coverage after it had exploded. I remember thinking that I was glad my grandfather wasnt around to see it happen. He worked for Rocketdyne for many years and was heavily involved in the space program, from the Saturn V rockets up to and including the shuttle program. That day and the Columbia coming apart would have broke his heart.

[Wulf202]

kindergarten, my teacher checked out a tv (there were only a half dozen for the whole school) so she/we could watch her college friend go up in space. She went home sick.

[steveopia]

5th grade. They brought a TV in so we could watch it.

[Elhuero]

kindergarten, my teacher checked out a tv (there were only a half dozen for the whole school) so she/we could watch her college friend go up in space. She went home sick.

did she come back the next day or did it take some time?

[gnihcraes]

Sr. Year in HS, was at a peer counseling retreat with another couple hundred teens from state wide HS's. Remember it well. RIP