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WhatDatDonut t1_j6cdfpb wrote

I was in 6th grade. The week before, we’d all gathered in the gym of my small private Catholic middle school to watch a video about the launch and Christa McCauliffe. On launch day, I distinctly remember Sister Cecile, who was the principal of the school, sticking her head into the classroom and saying “the space shuttle… it blew up.”

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hdtvnut t1_j6cok4t wrote

I'll never forget that day. I worked at NASA/Hangar AE, and my boss and I went out to watch the launch. We saw the smoke and glanced at each other; no words were necessary for both of us to know that a tragedy was happening. The mood among us was heavy for a long time. I could not watch the video for many years.

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