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When I woke up just after 6 am PST this morning something told me to put the tv on not something I normally do that early on a Saturday morning. I started watching the TV and was just like - hmmm lets see if we went to war today something just doesn't seem right. I switched over to CBS and started watching the Early Show (I never watch it). Not even a couple of minutes later they break in with a special report and I'm thinking aw s--t we did go to war and then they said they had lost contact with Columbia 15 minutes ago. I kept hoping and praying for a miracle but when the first pictures started coming in the multiple contrails looked so eerily like Challenger. This is another one of those days where I'll always remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news.

I was trying to find the poem about something about Touching the Sky near the last stanzas of it that was read throughout the challenger disaster and memorials to post here but couldn't find it. It's as beautiful and as appropriate as the Air Force Hymn that was just posted. Hopefully if someone remembers what I'm talking about they can find the poem and post it here.

My prayers are for the families of all those affected and for the United States as we mourn this terrible loss