I remember it as though it was just last month. I had just gotten into my car in the Pentagon parking lot and when the radio came on they were talking about a catastrophy happening. I remember that I cried all the way into Old Town Alexandria and when I met my friend in a restaurant he didn't know what had happened. What a sad, tragic day for America. And I always remember the words, "reached out and touched the face of God" being spoken by President Reagan when talking about the Challenger crew. Then when the Columbia exploded it was almost virtually the same, I walked into the house from cutting my grass and on the radio they were talking about a catastrophic explosion and my first thought was Columbia! And again, the nation cried for true heroes!