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All-In [30841]
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January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 1:38 PM
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The challenger shuttle exploded.
I was in the 6th grade, math class.
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Re: January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 1:39 PM
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I was a year and 11 days old.
Have no clue where I was.
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Legend [16158]
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in diapers***
Jan 28, 2016, 1:40 PM
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Re: in diapers***
Jan 28, 2016, 2:01 PM
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Probably ######## myself....
not much has changed.
wait wut
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Orange Blooded [2659]
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I was in Honors Algebra II in 10th grade
Jan 28, 2016, 1:47 PM
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I hated that class......Can't believe it has been that long. Sad day.
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Legend [17626]
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At work.
Jan 28, 2016, 1:50 PM
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Heard a co-worker shout, "the space shuttle just exploded!" over the cubicle wall.
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Heisman Winner [108390]
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sad times, but my favorite tasteless joke, like e're...
Jan 28, 2016, 1:52 PM
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what do christa mcauliffe & robin givens have in common?
they both went down on the challenger.
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Re: sad times, but my favorite tasteless joke, like e're...
Jan 28, 2016, 1:57 PM
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You're quite sinister dsp. I like that. But maybe too soon?
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Heisman Winner [108390]
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wicked
Jan 28, 2016, 2:05 PM
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smart; might has its drawbacks?
oh, and happy sirius thursday, gville.
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Re: wicked
Jan 28, 2016, 2:10 PM
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You may be on to something - but who told you you were smart? Definitely wicked, perhaps they go hand in hand. Kind of like Hitler/Stalin - too soon?
Top of the day to you sir.
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is brilliant, tortured genius excessive? and those two were
Jan 28, 2016, 2:15 PM
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amateurs.
top the day and too soon is for the weak of heart.
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Had it been long enough for tasteless Jokes
Jan 28, 2016, 1:57 PM
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Where did Christie McAuliffe take her vacation? All over Florida .
What color were Christie mcaulffes eyes? Blue. One blew this way, One blew that way.
Man I feel like a d!ckm. Must still be to soon.
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that's not nice...
Jan 28, 2016, 2:06 PM
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haha
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Within the hour at the Navy base where I was stationed....
Jan 28, 2016, 2:22 PM
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The joke was a play on a budwieser commercial:
"I said a 'bud light'"!
That got the fellow a few looks.
Message was edited by: HuntClub®
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I was in my second semester of Grad School***
Jan 28, 2016, 1:54 PM
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19 Yrs old on the USS Saratoga in the
Jan 28, 2016, 1:58 PM
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Indian Ocean... Prepping to go through the Suez Canal back to the Mediterranean.
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Re: 19 Yrs old on the USS Saratoga in the
Jan 28, 2016, 4:09 PM
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I was working in the IPTAY office as a grad student. I was walking out of Jervey and met Frank Howard coming in. He looked at me and said, "did you hear about the space shuttle? It blew up!" Tears were streaming down his face. That was the first that I had heard about it. I'll never forget that.
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Skiing in Deer Valley, UT
Jan 28, 2016, 2:02 PM
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My senior year in high school
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Legend [18708]
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I was a Senior in High School. We had a teacher planning day
Jan 28, 2016, 2:05 PM
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I was working that morning and it was about 28 degrees in Tallahassee.
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Senior as well....
Jan 28, 2016, 2:16 PM
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Was outside for PE near Tamps. Could see the smoke cloud in the sky
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All-In [49613]
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Driving to work in Bakersfield
Jan 28, 2016, 2:07 PM
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Sitting in line at Garces Circle, waiting for traffic to clear when the bulletin came over the radio.
Sadly, my 1st thought wasn't what a tragedy but ... "Dang! It's gonna be a busy day at the paper."
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Re: January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 2:09 PM
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I was at EPCOT in Disney World standing in front of Mexico in the world showcase. My dad was videoing the launch. We watched it explode. I was in 2nd grade.
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Re: January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 2:09 PM
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I was in 4th grade and several of the other classes joined together to watch the launch. I can remember sitting on the hardwood floor looking at the "big" tube TV on the rolling cart. We all sat and watched the launch of the shuttle and I can vividly remember seeing the smoke trailing from it strangely and asking my teacher if something was wrong with it. Then all of a sudden the explosion happened and we all sat there silent for what seemed like an eternity and then several students and the teacher began crying. That is a day that is etched in my memory along with 9-11.
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Legend [17918]
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Navy Instructor, FCTCL ### Neck, Va
Jan 28, 2016, 2:18 PM
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NTDS
VERY somber mode around that place that day. One of the building secretaries broke down and had to be out of work for a few days.
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Re: January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 2:19 PM
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6th grade, history class
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don't really remember
Jan 28, 2016, 2:22 PM
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not much of a "where were you?" moment for me, really.
I guess I was at work, but don't remember anybody talking about it at all. I watched the replay on the news that night, I'm sure.
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Re: don't really remember
Jan 28, 2016, 2:26 PM
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Spanish
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Orange Blooded [3913]
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6th Grade Science Class in Greenville SC***
Jan 28, 2016, 2:23 PM
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Orange Blooded [2136]
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I was negative 6.5 years old***
Jan 28, 2016, 2:24 PM
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Hall of Famer [22393]
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I was at Computerland in Hilton Head, SC.
Jan 28, 2016, 2:34 PM
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Selling IBM PCs with two 5.25" floppy drives and 640K of RAM with a green or amber monochrome monitor, XTs with a 10MB hard drive, Bernoulli Boxes and so forth and so on.
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CU Guru [1544]
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7th grade. Snow day in Atlanta. Was home watching Jeopardy
Jan 28, 2016, 2:50 PM
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when broadcast was interrupted.
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Re: January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 3:04 PM
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I was sitting in my office in Gastonia, NC at the time after having lunch with my boss who was visiting for the day. We flipped on the TV to watch the launch before he left. We sat for an hour watching the event unfold in silence with our heads in our hands. Felt the same way as I did on 9-11.
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Re: January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 3:09 PM
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I remember it well. When The Columbia blew up several years later in re-entry-I was just getting off the plane in Detroit. As I walked to the main terminal, I remember everyone was standing still and looking up at the TV monitors through out the area. I knew immediately that something big had happened and learned what it was as soon as I saw the TV.
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26 yrs old, at home eating lunch.***
Jan 28, 2016, 3:12 PM
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All-In [40936]
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I was in the ESSO club
Jan 28, 2016, 3:15 PM
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started early that day for some reason
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Legend [19610]
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11th grade Biology.
Jan 28, 2016, 3:22 PM
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They set up TV's in the lunch room so if you had a lunch period during that time you could watch the shuttle launch. But it launched before we made it into lunch.
We were watching a film at the time and the teacher came in and flipped on the lights, turned off the projector and flipped her hands skyward. She teared up and said "The Space Shuttle just blew apart on launch." Then she resumed the film, turned the lights back off and walked out of the room. It was only about 10 minutes till our lunch period where we would be able to see the TV, but it felt like 10 hours. I was numb.
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"We have lost Uplink, obviously a major malfunction."
Jan 28, 2016, 3:39 PM
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Obviously that guy was not even looking at any live launch monitors at the time, or he would have had something more emotional to say.
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Reagan did the challenger explosion***
Jan 28, 2016, 3:41 PM
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12th grade U. S. History class Keenan HS Columbia, SC
Jan 28, 2016, 3:44 PM
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Watching live.....surreal scene....never will forget it. Students breaking down, Mrs. Legrand, a beloved teacher, was crying......it was unreal seeing that....we all knew Ron McNair, from Lake City, SC was on the Challenger and we saw it explode on the TV and were devastated.
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I was teaching at Lake City High School
Jan 28, 2016, 3:57 PM
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the home of Ron McNair.
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Orange Blooded [3220]
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i was preparing to go to a journalism class.***
Jan 28, 2016, 4:01 PM
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Re: January 28th, 1986
Jan 28, 2016, 4:03 PM
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I was home with a newborn baby. I turned on the TV to watch the lift off. What a horrific sight! I'll never forget it.
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