View Full Version : Where were you on Jan. 28, 1986 ??
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183092,00.html
For me...It was my 2nd day of basic training. I was on KP, waiting for the rest of my training Co to in-process. I overheard on of the civilian kitchen workers mention something about the Space Shuttle exploding, but really didn't hear it all. So I never got the the whole story, or saw the pictures until I got out of Basic and AIT.
brewmonkey
01-28-2006, 11:29
I was taking a mid-term exam during my Sophomore year of High School in Uniondale NY. I can still hear the silence all these years later after the announcement was made.
I was living at home, perhaps learning how to read... but 3 year olds are like that
Trip_Wire (RIP)
01-28-2006, 11:55
Still working for the King County Sheriff's Department, as a CPT, doing Traffic, VIP Protection, Bombs and SWAT. :lifter
Eagle5US
01-28-2006, 12:00
Infectious disease research-Fort Detrick MD and running as a paramedic for United Fire Engine Company #3, City of Frederick MD.
Eagle
Team Sergeant
01-28-2006, 12:27
Out in the middle of the Texas desert, high on some god forsaken plateau sending MMC back to Ft. Bragg.
I was walking into Sociology my Senior year in High School.
Weazle23
01-28-2006, 12:44
I watched it live on tv in my living room, 8 years old.
I was in the 6th grade, and home from school, because I was sick. I watched it live.
Doc Diego
01-28-2006, 13:13
In the cafeteria at Methodist College, taking a break from 7th Group. It was my thanks for reenlisting gift.
Ambush Master
01-28-2006, 14:07
I was in our new offices at DFW. We had recently moved here from south of Houstn, just a couple of miles from the Space Center. I knew a couple of them, in fact one was a neighbor of my best friend.
It brought back the memories of Apolo I!!
I was in third grade at Anderson Elementary. We were watching the shuttle take off because the first teacher was going in to space. What a sad day.
Thanks, Chris
aricbcool
01-28-2006, 14:34
I was in kindergarten...
Radar Rider
01-28-2006, 14:57
I was in Korean class at DLI. My class leader, John Henterly, drew a picture on the chalkboard of a drowning guy being eaten by a shark. It was certainly un-PC, but I thought it broke up the depression surrounding the tragedy.
The other half was out at sea on the Saratoga. My oldest son watched it at school on TV; my daughter and I watched it at home.
The Reaper
01-28-2006, 15:38
On ODA-754, living life large.
Watched it on TV.
TR
Surgicalcric
01-28-2006, 15:47
13 y/o
Watched it happen on TV in 8th grade Social Studies...
Crip
Kyobanim
01-28-2006, 15:50
Standing in the service department at Montgomery Wards in Colorado Springs waiting to get the studs put in my snow tires, watching it on TV.
We had a television at work and had it on to watch the launch. My roomate at the time was down in FL and he saw it live.
Shitting in my nappys.
I remember the last one, of course. The RSO (I was at the Embassy) at the time didn't know until one of the cops mentioned it at the briefing for the protest we had that morning.
I was standing in the cafeteria line in high school. The guy in front of me turned around and told me the shuttle blew up. He was one of the class clowns, always joking around, so I didn't believe him at first.
Bellerophon
01-28-2006, 17:55
Elementary School. Live on T.V. just like many other kids across the country, thanks to cable in the classroom. Anyone else have teachers who "thought they saw parachutes" or tried to neutralize the situation somehow?
I have no idea how I would have dealt with a classroom full of children. It just makes me remember how much they hyped the teacher in space thing. I even remember which of our teachers had sent in applications for the program.
Every classroom was watching.
The Reaper
01-28-2006, 17:59
Shitting in my nappys.
I remember the last one, of course. The RSO (I was at the Embassy) at the time didn't know until one of the cops mentioned it at the briefing for the protest we had that morning.
What were you protesting?
TR
The protesters.
They protested with signs, we protested with cameras and the cops protested with the paddy wagon.
degree completion program at Columbus College...
The Reaper
01-28-2006, 18:52
The protesters.
They protested with signs, we protested with cameras and the cops protested with the paddy wagon.
I love it when people get together with a common cause.:D
TR
mffjm8509
01-28-2006, 19:22
6 days from shipping to OSUT.
I was sleeping in, my dad called from work and told me the news.
mp
Jack Moroney (RIP)
01-28-2006, 20:49
I was getting brought up to speed by several agencies on Eastern Europe.
In Schwabisch Hall, FRG working CQ and was in the mess hall taking head count when somebody in the kitchen yelled out that the shuttle had blown up.
zuluzerosix
01-28-2006, 22:14
I was at MEPS getting sworn in.
one-zero
01-29-2006, 07:50
I didn't really think I was moving into "FOG"-dom status, considering I'm still AD...but these posts have me realizing many of our good friends on the board grew up without experiencing the PC (pre-Clinton) army...Not that it was "better" overall, just alot different.
To make this pertinent. I had just returned from mobility training in the desert and was enjoying some down time in F-nam...
Sitting in kindergarten watching the TV in amazement.
My uncle worked for NASA for 30+ years doing space food system design. He took it very hard due to the fact that they cooked all the meals any astronaut wanted and pre-packed them for travel. They spent a lot of down-time together and got to know every soul on every trip on the shuttle.
My family was pretty shook-up because we met Christie McAuliffe and Dick Scobee on a trip to Houston to see my uncle and tour NASA/ Space center Houston. I remember my mom being at the door crying, picking me up because the school let us go early. I was too young to realize the severity and the connection my mom had to Christie (she played tour guide for my parents, while the brothers and I toured my uncles lab).
Sad day indeed
That day was my EAOS. Got on a train for Greenville, SC.
Airbornelawyer
01-30-2006, 10:56
I was working at a restaurant in West Palm Beach, Florida. We watched the launch and the explosion, but didn't quite realize what happened until shortly thereafter when customers came in crying.
The Reaper
01-30-2006, 11:08
Not to demean or detract from the service of the Challenger crew in any way, but why do we agonize and romaticize their loss, and yet any memorialization of those who served in uniform is not such a cause.
Several times already in the GWOT we have lost more people in a single day. Is it less glorious or glamorous to die as a grunt than as an astronaut?
On the morning of December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers and eight crew members died on Arrow Airlines flight 1285 when it crashed just after takeoff from Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. The passengers were almost all soldiers from the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) returning from a long deployment to the Sinai as part of the MFO peacekeeping force.
That is over 30 times the number lost on the Challenger. Was there a mention of that here or anywhere else? Did Tennessee or Kentucky issue memorial license tags?
Again, not attacking the recognition of the Challenger loss, just asking why that is so significant in comparison with the other losses we have suffered.
TR
Again, not attacking the recognition of the Challenger loss, just asking why that is so significant in comparison with the other losses we have suffered.
TR
For the same reason that Bob Woodruff's injuries are apparently more important than most... :(
CPTAUSRET
01-30-2006, 11:13
20 years ago I was 6 years post retirement, missing the hell out of serving with the finest guys I have ever known. My retirement was at 100 % dis, so I could not fight it, had to accept it, didn't like it worth a damn.
Terry
The Reaper
01-30-2006, 11:16
For the same reason that Bob Woodruff's injuries are apparently more important than most... :(
Bob who?
TR
Airbornelawyer
01-30-2006, 12:28
TR, with all due respect, this is an inappropriate comparison. Lots of events resonate with more people than other events, for lots of reasons.
The Challenger disaster struck a chord for far more reasons than just the "glory" or "glamor" of astronauts, although, frankly, that was a factor. But the other factors include:
- Space flight is a rare thing. It touches on the imagination and hopes of millions of people for a brighter future. It does not denigrate military sacrifice to say that space flight has a special place in people's hearts and minds.
- This particular mission was special, primarily due to Christa McAuliffe's presence. On that mission, she was the Everyman, not the professional astronaut, so far more people felt a connection that they might not otherwise have felt. You asked how many people remember Gander? How many people can name one other member of STS 51-L besides Ms. McAuliffe?
- Also partly due to Ms. McAuliffe and what was to be the inauguration of the Teacher in Space Project, tens of millions of people, including millions of schoolchildren, saw the launch and explosion live on television, and billions saw it replayed afterwards.
- President Reagan's televised speech was also watched by tens of millions, and touched hearts worldwide. Even people who hated Reagan remembered his words fondly.
I would note that your citation of the Gander disaster is not very different. In 1985, 1,476 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines died in accidents. Is remembering those who died at Gander a disservice or dishonor to those other 1,200+ men and women? Every October, we remember the Marines killed in October 1983 in Beirut, but not the Marines killed there in August or December 1983, or the French paratroopers killed in the simultaneous terrorist attack that October morning, or the Americans killed elsewhere that year. Also every October, we remember the 18 men of TF Ranger killed on October 3-4, 1993. What about the 24 Pakistani soldiers killed on June 5, 1983? Or the 4 US MPs from the 977th and 300th MP Companies killed on August 8? Or the two Pakistanis killed on September 21? Or the three soldiers of the 25th Aviation and 101st Aviation Regiments killed when their Black Hawk was downed on September 25? Or the other Somalia casualties I am surely forgetting? Or, for that matter, the 632 military deaths in accidents in 1993?
We were in the field at Fort Benning once, when as the nearest soldiers we responded to a Humvee accident that took the life of a basic trainee just a few weeks into his military service. Hardly anyone remembers his name. Sadly, I don't. No Navy ships will be named after him. No firing ranges. No elementary schools.
I mentioned President Reagan's famous speech on the Challenger distaster. The President also spoke earlier to the families of those killed at Gander. Those remarks also touched a lot of people. They can be read here: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1985/121685a.htm
Well, I was a little over one year old (born in September 1984), so I was most likely in the living room at the house I grew up in, playing with toys on the floor. :D
On the morning of December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers and eight crew members died on Arrow Airlines flight 1285 when it crashed just after takeoff from Gander International Airport, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. The passengers were almost all soldiers from the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) returning from a long deployment to the Sinai as part of the MFO peacekeeping force. truth be known, almost every lieutenant on that plane went through IOBC Class 2-85...several of those officers were in my platoon, 2LT Mike Parks is one who comes to mind most readily...from Montana, newlywed...in a big hurry to get from IOBC to the 101st so he wouldn't miss the trip...he was worried about making it through Ranger School and still having time to get to Campbell to go through the prep training and everything else...
as i recall, the plane was made up of married folks, getting home in time for Christmas...the single guys were helping their replacements transition into the mission and were going to get some admin leave in the AOR if they wanted it...
i went through IOAC with a couple of the captains in that unit as well...
i knew these guys...maybe folks think they know the shuttle crew, at least as well as they know athletes and sitcom stars...
i think about these guys often...
We were on a Strat Recon School FTX out at Camp MacKall and one cold bunch of troops.
We exfil-ed that night and were handed a local newspaper prior to debrief. Our first reaction was "Your Kidding, right?". The big picture on the front page made it sink in and we were a somber group of guys for a bit.
Pete
gtcrispy
01-30-2006, 23:02
I was 7 months old. I didn't know till I was 7years old about Challenger. The elementry schools in the area were all named after the shuttles. :rolleyes:
gunnerjohn
01-30-2006, 23:25
I was walking between english and chemistry my senior year in high school contemplating what my future would hold.
Challenger:
In mid-air, onboard a C-141 from Ft. Campbell, KY to Ft. Bragg, NC for Exercise Gallant Knight. The flight crew made the announcement over the PA system. All that was known was "the Space Shuttle blew up."
Gander:
On my way to Campbell Army Airfield to welcome back LTC Marvin Jeffcoat and the command group (2nd Brigade was one of my jurisdictions as JAG). On board was CID Agent Dirk Miller, carrying evidence for a court-martial. I stopped by my office to pick up papers and was advised by our legal warrant officer that the plane was down, with total loss of life. I paused only to type up the assumption of command orders for the Battalion XO: "Reference AR XX (death of commander) the undersigned assumes command" and proceeded out to the airfield to meet the XO.
magician
02-01-2006, 03:31
I was in the Bay area.
:)
On the range at Mott Lake having the time of my life.
Firebeef
02-01-2006, 17:36
I was in the Auburn, NY recruiting station. My son, who will be 20 this week, was being stubborn about leaving his Mom, so every time the phone rang in this time frame, I was anxiously awaiting "the call" that I should head for the hospital. The USMC recruiter, who was a good guy, and definetly coulda been Joker from FMJ, came in and said "The shuttle just blew up" and because he was such a joker, I was like....OK....what's the punchline Jarhead?!?!?? Then I saw the look in his eye and knew he was serious. Wow, 20 years....
wo vergeht eigentlich die Zeit???
Red Bluff High School, graphic design class. Our teacher was an old WWII vet and he had the launch on the television as it happened. I simply couldnt comprehend it.
SFRADIOMAN
02-01-2006, 23:03
I was the CFO for a Wendys franchise in South Florida. We always had the tube on for the launches and most of us knew people who worked at NASA. Sad day all around
Company Commander lounge in 12th Division, Recruit Training Command Great Lakes.
CoLawman
02-02-2006, 09:25
Just my thoughts and musings. The postings here by CSB, AL, TR, and LKsteve, would certainly touch the hearts of the families of "Gander", knowing their losses are indelibly shared.
In Remembrance.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.
Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But, we've never lost an astronaut in flight; we've never had a tragedy like this. And perhaps we've forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle; but they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly. We mourn seven heroes: Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe. We mourn their loss as a nation together.
For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy.' They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.
We've grown used to wonders in this century. It's hard to dazzle us. But for twenty-five years the United States space program has been doing just that. We've grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we've only just begun. We're still pioneers. They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers.
And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle's takeoff. I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them.
I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute. We'll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue. I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA or who worked on this mission and tell them: "Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades. And we know of your anguish. We share it."
There's a coincidence today. On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said, 'He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.' Well, today we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete.
The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.' Thank you."--- Ronald Reagan, January 28, 1986
Waaaaay too far south to buy Copenhagen. :D
I was the on duty Fire Battalion Chief in a coastal California city. The secretary called and said the accident occurred, I thought back to the many failed launches in the 50's and early 60's and thought, well, at least it was a quick way to go. Later, intel said they may have survived the explosion and died on impact, that would have been a long, and seemingly terrifying way to go.
Bless them all.
PedOncoDoc
01-28-2013, 11:57
I remember it well - I was in third grade, but we had all gathered in a 2nd grade classroom to watch the launch - it was the only room in the same hallway to have a television.
I was in eigth grade history. I will remember the day for two reasons, first and foremost because of what was happening. Second because I tripped down the stairs to on my way to the resource room to check out a tv, and was in a skirt, and got laughed at by the entire 9th grade class that happened to be having their lunch period at that time.:o
My husband would say "Some things never change".
DIYPatriot
01-28-2013, 12:34
I was in 2nd grade. I stayed home that day because I was sick. I remember lying on the couch to watch it. Our class sent letters to NASA because they had a school teacher on board. I remember it breaking my heart b/c I loved my teacher (Ms. Harold - still recall her to this day) and Christa McCauliffe reminded me of her.
It was the first time that I can remember confronting mortality. It was tough on a lot of the kids in my class. A couple years later I would get paddled by my principal because some prick on the school bus said NASA stood for "Needs Another Seven Astronauts", in reference to the shuttle disaster, and we got into a fight over it. Usually, if I got in trouble at school it was at least twice as bad at home, but not that time.
RIP crew of STS-51-L
bkleonards
01-28-2013, 12:44
Two year rotational assignment with the NRO in No. Virginia.
I also was at Mott Lake, I hadn't heard until the drive home though down plank rd. We were on the range all day, so no radio (except range control) to get the news...
It was shocking.....that was the anwer for the 1st post in this tread (2006)
As far as 20 yrs ago from today....Probably on some JTF6 mission with 351, B/2/3....or in Dominica for a 6 wk JCET...can't remember exactley....
C/3/7 in Panama! Life was good...
I was a fresh WO1 at Ft. Campbell, newly annointed as Team Leader of ODA 525 (Sharkmen) and preparing for 6 months of fun in sunny Mogadishu. :lifter
I was a fresh WO1 at Ft. Campbell, newly annointed as Team Leader of ODA 525 (Sharkmen) and preparing for 6 months of fun in sunny Mogadishu. :lifter
This thread is 7 years old. The Challenger disaster was in 1986. ;)
Jarvis was a neighbor. I didn't know him, but my wife knew his wife. McNair worked with my father-in-law at the Hughes Research Center in Malibu.
Pat
jkirkthomas
01-28-2013, 13:51
When the Challenger blew up I was in the terminal at Andrews AFB tryng to get a hop. Twenty years ago today I was NCOIC of ITD and SF Development Branch at SWC.
This thread is 7 years old. The Challenger disaster was in 1986. ;)
Jarvis was a neighbor. I didn't know him, but my wife knew his wife. McNair worked with my father-in-law at the Hughes Research Center in Malibu.
Pat
Gotcha. In that case, I was an E-5 buck sergeant in the 82nd ABN DIV turning wrenches. :cool:
Utah Bob
01-28-2013, 13:58
Instructing at the police academy inTallahassee. While on a break from class we saw it on tv.
A friend of mine who lived on the coast south of the Cape watched it live. A big space program buff like me, he knew instantly it had exploded. The other spectators had no idea and didn't believe him when he said it was gone until they went back into the office and saw the replays.
A pretty bad day all around.
I had been to the Cape to watch launches before but I never went back after that.
My team had just come off the Demo range and was going back to the unit. Heard it on the radio.
C/3/7 in Panama! Life was good...
I was a fresh WO1 at Ft. Campbell, newly anointed as Team Leader of ODA 525 (Sharkmen) and preparing for 6 months of fun in sunny Mogadishu. :lifter
Sorry for the confusion Gents.
I didn't want to start another thread about the anniversary of the Shuttle Challenger disaster, when I knew this thread existed, and suffer the WRATH of Richard's cat o' nine tails as Dusty and OldNCranky have just discovered.
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40473&page=2&highlight=cat
Although, I have this sneaky suspicion that Dusty is enjoying it just a little too much.
Just finished s security swim in Kings Bay, Georgia. After crawling onto the back of the Sub we all saw it, the large plume of smoke. A few hours later we were on our way to Cape Canaveral…:(
I was in my English class during my freshman year of High School in Houston, Texas in 1986. The second Shuttle I was running a 6K down in Fort Myers Fld. I had jumped into the shuttle van back to the grand stand area when it came on the radio. I was sitting in the back seat and yelled, hey turn up the radio please. No one understood what happen and what it meant.
What is next for the U.S. Space program??
What is next for the U.S. Space program??
"Inspired by Iran, the Obama Administration announced plans to launch a monkey into space, and return it safely, by the end of this decade." ;)
Pat
Stiletto11
02-04-2013, 20:10
"Inspired by Iran, the Obama Administration announced plans to launch a monkey into space, and return it safely, by the end of this decade." ;)
Pat
How do we lure him off the skeet range?
Combat Diver
02-04-2013, 21:40
That day in Jan 86', I was having lunch in the bowling Ally by Moon/Hardy Hall and saw it live on TV. Went back to the team room (535) feeling down. :(
CD
1stindoor
02-05-2013, 07:52
Although a bit late to the thread...28 Jan 86, I had just finished swearing in at the Reception Station in Dallas and getting ready to go to the airport to start Basic...we swore in and then went to the waiting area to watch TV just as the clock was hitting 10 seconds in the countdown. Watched it live as it happened and then about an hour later took the bus to the airport.
This thread is 7 years old. The Challenger disaster was in 1986. ;)
Jarvis was a neighbor. I didn't know him, but my wife knew his wife. McNair worked with my father-in-law at the Hughes Research Center in Malibu.
Pat
Yeah, but it was nice for a while to think it was only 20 years ago!!!!!
I was at Camp Howze, ROK, and we had an alert, I was running down the barracks stairs and the CQ had it playing on his little TV... Fun times...
Active Duty. Stationed at APG Maryland, Recovery Branch.
I made sure all recovery tracked vehicles were repaired at FMC.
BMT (RIP)
02-14-2013, 13:20
I had been retired almost 19 years. :lifter
BMT
Airbornelawyer
02-14-2013, 13:42
I changed the thread title since several people who hadn't started on page 1 didn't realize this was a 2006 thread on the anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Hope this avoids future confusion.
Since the thread title changed...ahhh long time ago. I was in Bamberg, Germany
1st Armored Division, 1/52 Mechanized Infantry Bn. BMT
airbornediver
02-14-2013, 15:44
in 4th grade Math and Science as a 3rd grader. We were watching the shuttle launch live and subsequent disaster. I remember my teacher bursting into tears.
Paragrouper
02-14-2013, 20:24
Camp MacKall, or thereabouts.
I was the Team Sgt of ODA 594 driving to work @ Bragg after PT clean up and heard it on the news.
Walked into the WW2 wood Company building on Son Tay and glanced at the chalk bulletin board next to the door.....
"NASA has openings for volunteers...see the SGM for the paperwork"
Gotta love SF humor.
Tower Training Branch Chief, 1-507th PIR. Charlie Company was in Tower Week and it was so windy and cold we sent them out of the training area and back to their billets. It was the only day we cancelled training due to weather during my time there 1985-1988.
We were in the Black Hat lounge area talking about how we'd make up the missed training when the announcement came on the news.
This pic is Tower Branch cadre at the time.
Richard :munchin
twistedsquid
02-14-2013, 22:28
I was on the sales floor at Goss Dodge in Burlington, Vt. I was closing a deal with a sturdy farm wife when we paused to watch the live feed. She started crying and apologized saying " I'm sorry. I just can't do this now." She left the store weeping. I never saw her again. We all went to the Chicken Bone on King Street and got hammered.
longrange1947
02-14-2013, 22:29
SOTIC instructor, driving to the range. We still had permission to use our POVs with weapons and ammo. We were going to vet a new course of fire. Dave Zavitz and I were in his truck.
The Reaper
02-15-2013, 15:43
SOTIC instructor, driving to the range. We still had permission to use our POVs with weapons and ammo. We were going to vet a new course of fire. Dave Zavitz and I were in his truck.
I miss that boy.
TR
nousdefions
02-15-2013, 16:39
Mott Lake Compound.
It was week one of a new class. We had just brought the students back from the ranges for lunch. TV was on in the orderly room.
Bracholi
02-16-2013, 01:24
I wasn't even a twinkle in my mother's eye.
School or playing outside, depending on the time. First grade.
It was a cloudy cold day here in Northeastern Ohio. I was sitting at home on my day off from one of the Police departments I was working for at the time. I was watching the shuttle launching live on one of the networks and saw it happen. Throughout the day, I was watching the different shots of film of the Shuttle on some of the networks and when the famous shot of the SRB that was shooting out fire where I knew it wasn't suppose too, causing the explosion, I sincerley thought "Does anybody else see this too?" IIRC, at the time they were still guessing at the cause.
Remembered more of Judy Resnik's funeral nearby. That was also a dark cloudy cold day. We had an earthquake that same day, albeit earlier than her funeral. Caused some confusion and made the news right up there with her funeral.
dollarbill
02-16-2013, 16:26
1st Armor Division, Ansbach, German. 1985-1987
11th SFG, Miami...tearing down an antenna on a roof top. Got the word, went down and watched on the news. Bad day
Red Flag 1
02-16-2013, 21:02
Sitting in a chair @ the base barber shop CAFB,MS. Sad, sad day.
RF 1
In Somalia serving a 1 year tour with SATMO on an Infantry TAFT! Walt Wilkinson went on the food/beverage run to Diego Garcia and when he got off the C130 he gave us the news. At first we thought he was joking.
In Honduras in a very remote place not too far from there Southern neighbor. Got the news on our daily phone call.