Challenger Crew: Not Forgotten

[Curlew]

The bravest are those who challenge the harshest places, even those not of our world <SALUTE> The Challenger Crew, 25 years and you are not forgotten

[Dichotomy]

 

[Melvin]

When I was in grade school we watched all the launches live on T.V.

All the kids would gather around because back then they were very special moments to us. I distinctly remember a couple of our teachers breaking down in tears when it happened. What a tragic event.

 

[soda72]

 

[Maverick]

 

[Yeager]

I remember that morning like it was just yesterday. 

"Go at throttle up!........Roger, go at throttle up"

<S> STS-51-L         Forever

[oakranger]

I remember that morning like it was just yesterday. 

"Go at throttle up!........Roger, go at throttle up"

<S> STS-51-L         Forever

So do i, i was home sick.   

[Dichotomy]

I was at home with a back injury waiting for my mom to come pick me up and take me to the hospital.  She came in and told me what happened so I fired up the TV and we watched for a couple of hours till the pain got too intense for me.

[Masherbrum]

Remember the exact moment this happened when I was in the 7th grade. 

[guttboy]

I too was home sick.....

I can recall the everything as if it were right in front of me.......

 

[Dragon]

Didn't have tv's in every room in High School like they do now, but, upon news of the tragedy, the rooms that did have them became very crowded as school came to a screeching halt.



 

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I remember exactly where I was when the news came over the radio, and exactly what was happening.

I remember being able to instantly see how stunned people were, because I was driving, and people suddenly just slowed as they took their foot of the gas and stared blankly at the radio in stunned disbelief.

For years I had about 8 hours of recorded coverage on VHS tape, I went home for lunch, popped a tape in the VCR, and set it on SLP record.

I remember Reagan speaking to a grief stricken nation.


 


I also remember where I was the second time we lost a shuttle, we were helping cub scouts get started on the Pinewood Derby cars for the coming season, in a friend's woodworking shop, when one of the mothers came in and told us to turn on the TV. There was only news that it was missing, but the adults knew, you could tell by the looks on our faces.

Astronauts, now those people are REAL heroes, not like "singers", "actors", and "ballplayers".

[Skuzzy]

I was watching the launch on television when it happened.  I'll never forget that sinking feeling in my gut.

I was outside when Columbia went over Texas.  I was standing in my driveway when a dollop of melted metal hit my roof.  I contacted NASA about it.  They never came to get it, so I preserved it in a block of acrylic and mounted it.

<S> to all them.

[fbWldcat]

One of the students who used to go to my district had a mother who was eliminated in one of the previous tests. She didn't get to go. The kid watched at school and the teachers had to restrain him because he wanted to run home and see him mom. (4th grade). (This was told to me on the 20th anniversary).

Skuz, that has to be quite a piece of metal. <S>

<S> to all who died, although I never witnessed it.

[Shuffler]

Amen..... was a sad day indeed.


I remember getting a call from my Mother..... she was stunned as she watched the launch. I got to a tv as fast as I could to see what happened.