Where were you? (Was:Can everyone in Dallas check in re: space shuttle)

[Meg Demeranville <mdemeran@hotmail.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, christine breen 
<kokopoko2000 at y...> wrote:
> I was a sophomore in highschool when challenger blew
> up.  I was in art class rinsing out my brushes when I
> heard. I was so upset.   It was a flashback this
> morning and the first thing I thought of was 'not
> again'.  It was horrid.  They showed the footage over
> and over.  The cruel jokes at school about people
> losing their lives were horrid.
> 
> Christine

I was in the first grade when the Challenger blew up. It's actually 
one of the first memories I have of my school days. Somehow, we won 
the right to see the Challenger launch over any of the other grades. 
I remember sitting on that classroom floor with my best friend and 
watching the television. I remember we were all kidding around and 
laughing because it was really cool that we were the ones to watch 
it. And then it blew up. The classroom got really quiet at that 
point and I everyone was just stunned. I remember them switching the 
TV off and just trying to get us to focus on classwork. That was the 
first thing I thought about this morning when I saw it on the news. 
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this most 
recent tragedy. 

Meg (who has to focus on Biochem, but who's thoughts are miles away)

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