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Offline Boroda

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17 years ago today...
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2003, 07:59:50 PM »
I heard this sad news on the kitchen radio preparing to go to school :(

Was really shoked. I collected every piece of information about that tragedy. Even cut articles from newspapers on street stands with a razor while walking my dog. Still have the file with all that stuff. And two months later we launched Mir...

The whole tragedy was widely covered in USSR, without any slightest sarcasm. It was indeed a shock for everyone.

My Father brought "Aviation Week" issues from work. Can you believe they were classified in USSR? I tried to find any piece of info about Space Shuttle and American space programm, and was really surprised when I found out that complete descriptions of every manned space mission were published in Grand Soviet Encyclopedia annual volumes.
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Offline TWOLF

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« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2003, 11:20:44 PM »
I was on patrol on the East/West German border.  Once we returned to Hof (border camp) the Border ops guys told us.  I seen the footage on AFN Europe later that morning.  Truely a sad day.
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Offline capt. apathy

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17 years ago today...
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2003, 11:27:15 PM »
a couple hours into a 12 hour shift.  my son was 2 weeks from his first b-day.
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2003, 11:30:46 PM »
I was at sea... somewhere in Socal oparea, IIRC... onboard the U.S.S. Leahy (CG-16).
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Offline Furious

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17 years ago today...
« Reply #34 on: January 30, 2003, 01:13:55 AM »
I was out there that day too, Sandman.  USS Chandler (DDG-996)


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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #35 on: January 30, 2003, 01:18:55 AM »
How did you like the Ayatolla class?

Heard stories that you guys had double the standard evaps on those things... You can only imagine the living hell of a boiler boat. :)


Or... is my memory completely failing me and the Chandler wasn't Kidd class... ?
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Offline Moloch

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17 years ago today...
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2003, 08:59:38 AM »
total misery.. to the brave astronauts
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Offline crowMAW

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17 years ago today...
« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2003, 09:05:04 AM »
Strange coincidence:
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Offline SunKing

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17 years ago today...
« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2003, 12:58:18 PM »
7th Grade Science class. I'll never forget that moment.
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Offline mauser

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« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2003, 10:12:16 PM »
I was in elementary school, probably 5th grade.  After hearing it on the news in the morning, ran to where my friends were raising the flag (school sits right next to where I used to live) and yelled for them to take the flag to half mast.  What a terrible day, and for today also.  

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