[libramunoz]

I remember it well because when the Challenger had just launched they had just hit the sonic boom and we all heard it.

I was in the 6th grade at the time and when I was living in CA then, it wasn't too far from JPL.

We were in Mrs. Russell's math class. We weren't watching it on tv in her class, but they were watching it on tv in Mr. Duncan's classroom. Another student came over to the class, because we'd just heard the sonic boom, and said, "the Challenger exploded" and we all looked at Mrs. Russell like, "uh naaa."

I remember going home that night and my Mom was home with my big headed brother (he'd gotten sick at school w/an astham attack) and watching it on t.v.

It ws weird because Dr. McNair had just been to our school talking about the space program a few weeks before.

I just remember feeling sad for all of the astronauts. I just remember feeling bad for them and their families. They kept playing it on the news over and over. I just remember not wanting to keep watching it over and over, but since we only had one tv in the house it was Mom's rules.

I would only watch it for so long. The tragedy I felt I just couldn't keep watching it over and over. Don't remember what happened at school the next day, but dang, 25 years later, I still don't think I could watch the total footage.