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25 years ago today..... (Original Post) littlewolf Jan 2012 OP
It doesn't seem like it was that long ago lunatica Jan 2012 #1
How very sad... I remember that day so well... RIP all hlthe2b Jan 2012 #2
25 years ago ... damn, time goes by quickly ... RKP5637 Jan 2012 #3
26, I think. nt trackfan Jan 2012 #4
Yep... it's 2012 Cooley Hurd Jan 2012 #6
"Cooley! Wake up! The Space Shuttle blew up! Turn on CNN!" Cooley Hurd Jan 2012 #5
Thanks for reminding me... ewagner Jan 2012 #7
I remember Bryant Gumbel on the today show orpupilofnature57 Jan 2012 #8
That and Morton Thiokol (and those crappy O-rings) Cooley Hurd Jan 2012 #10
My brother!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Jan 2012 #12
45 years ago yesterday, the fire on Pad 34... Cooley Hurd Jan 2012 #9
Probably my first "where were you when..." moments bigwillq Jan 2012 #11
for me as well justabob Jan 2012 #16
One of those weird days in my life as it was also the day I got my first real job... jimlup Jan 2012 #13
.......... Odin2005 Jan 2012 #14
During a Republican administration, don't go up on a shuttle. Festivito Jan 2012 #15
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
5. "Cooley! Wake up! The Space Shuttle blew up! Turn on CNN!"
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:12 PM
Jan 2012

My Mom knocking on my bedroom door. One of those events that you remember where you were...

 

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)
8. I remember Bryant Gumbel on the today show
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 01:14 PM
Jan 2012

talking about the record frigid conditions that were second to concern of a long delay if this date passed ,$$$$$$$$$ and sensationalism killed those people.

justabob

(3,069 posts)
16. for me as well
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 06:35 PM
Jan 2012

But I was a little older... 16. I remember it as clearly as I remember September 11.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
13. One of those weird days in my life as it was also the day I got my first real job...
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 02:16 PM
Jan 2012

Having been a summer intern I was offered a real job. My boss came into my office in a really gloomy mood and said "congratulations" and handed me the offer letter. He then explained that the "Challenger had exploded." It kinda made my personal news insignificant for a time at least.

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