20 Years

[DaveNay]

20 years ago yesterday.....The Chicago Bears won SuperBowl XX

20 years ago tomorrow.....The Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during launch.

I was one of the (un)lucky people at the time to watch the shuttle launch and destruction live during my highschool freshman geometry class.

 

[OkeeDon]

You had to go and remind me of that. I was pumping gas at a station on US Hwy 1 in Florida when someone said, "There goes the shuttle.". Although we're almost 200 miles from the Space Center, we can see the launches clearly while they're in the atmosphere. I looked up, and saw it split into 3 major pieces, which fell to Earth. I quietly remarked to the lady pumping gas next to me, "You just saw 7 brave people die."

It was many years after that before I could watch a launch again, and I usually only watch launches without people, like the Pluto probe last week.

Don

 

[buckle97]

I was in kindergarten when the Challenger was destroyed. Although we didn't watch it in class, I remember seeing a lot of teachers crying that day. When I was in 3rd grade, a new elementary school was built in our district and they named it Krista McAuliffe. Their mascot was an Astronaut.

Lawrence

 

[Gatorboy]

I was working the lunch rush at a pizza place while at the University of Florida. We had a TV in the restaurant and when the shuttle exploded, the place went quiet and all eyes were glued to the TV. No one placed an order or spoke for several minutes.

 

[XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq]

Even in Canada, we all stopped what we were doing in our high school and went to the TV. Times were different then and there was a lot more respect for the US.