[South40]

I was visiting a job site in Irvine, California.

An inspector, an architect, the job superintendant and I were walking past a herd of bricklayers with their radio blasting and when the super asked them to turn the volume down they told us Challenger had just exploded and they were waiting to hear the details. We all stood there listening as little by little information confirming it came about.

I remember it well.

[cajungirl]

I was at home with my 10 year old daughter who was sick. She saw it after she had been spending an entire month excited over a teacher going up and the school ready to do classrooms from space. She and I were devastated,,late that nite she came in to my room and said she dreamed the Asian man, the astronaut, had floated down to the ground like a feather and wasn't hurt. for some reason she was very taken with him. It was a sad sad day for both of us and especially for her. We talked alot about bravery that day. I tear up thinking about it now.