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Tafkam Hokie
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Tafkam Hokie
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I remember I found out about it between classes in middle school

Most of the science classes watched it live, but my science class was earlier in the day. One of the kids in school who I don't think ever said a word to me before or after that day just walked up and told me about it.
Posted: 01/29/2024 at 11:22 AM ET
(In response to this post by Nortazhokie)

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Nortazhokie • 01/28/24 11:48 AM ET
Standing in VP of Ops office at a big hospital watching on TV....TRAGEDY!**
HOKIERIT • 01/29/24 06:59 PM ET
I was in my room in Vawter. As an Aerospace major the next several days ..
vt90 • 01/29/24 01:28 PM ET
I remember I found out about it between classes in middle school ◄
Tafkam Hokie • 01/29/24 11:22 AM ET
In a tent outside Cassell huddled up in the cold
SteveInBaltimore • 01/28/24 07:54 PM ET
I watched it from the parking lot of my high school in the Orlando suburbs **
OrlandoHokie • 01/28/24 06:26 PM ET
I was close by, home sick, saw from my backyard in Satellite Beach...
kjhokie • 01/29/24 08:52 AM ET
Horrendous to have seen it in person. Live TV was bad enough for me!**
HOKIERIT • 01/29/24 07:00 PM ET
Small world. I currently live in Indian Harbour Beach.**
HokieByWater • 01/29/24 10:11 AM ET
Dang.**
MP4VT2004 • 01/28/24 08:42 PM ET
Yeah I was a freshman in high school
OrlandoHokie • 01/28/24 08:54 PM ET
It was really cold on the East Coast...sub-zero in Blacksburg (link)**
Tuckahokie • 01/28/24 04:38 PM ET
Sophomore year of HS. Geometry class. **
RoswellGAHokie • 01/28/24 04:34 PM ET
Seminar on brittle fracture of steel. Instructor thought it might apply.
TomTurkey • 01/28/24 03:33 PM ET
Was walking thru the crystal city underground, saw it on a news stand TV **
ColoVT82 • 01/28/24 03:21 PM ET
I was in my HS Physics class and my teacher brought in a tv to watch it
MAHokie69 • 01/28/24 03:16 PM ET
Was at work at NASA LaRC. Had a 2 hour work delay due to the snow and ice
VTtwins • 01/28/24 02:18 PM ET
Remember that day like I remember when JFK was shot.
MikeVT85 • 01/28/24 02:12 PM ET
I was at work. Someone rolled a TV into the Engineering area. Long day.**
HokieJay • 01/28/24 02:07 PM ET
Was at home watching the launch, then boom, very sad.**
7Hokie1 • 01/28/24 02:03 PM ET
I was walking across campus, went into Squires and saw the news on cart TV**
WestyHokie • 01/28/24 02:02 PM ET
That's exactly how i found out about 9/11. **
psychobilly • 01/28/24 02:41 PM ET
I was in the barber shop at Whiting Field when I saw it on television. **
EDGEMAN • 01/28/24 01:05 PM ET
I was watching the launch in our middle school library with all of my
VTScanlo • 01/28/24 12:55 PM ET
Same but in 4th grade.**
Victory Ticker • 01/28/24 06:34 PM ET
Shoot, I was in the 6th grade when JFK was shot
TomTurkey • 01/28/24 06:36 PM ET
You’re aged to perfection.**
Victory Ticker • 01/28/24 06:38 PM ET
I was in gym class they interrupted school to announce it on the pa
HokieJamie • 01/28/24 12:10 PM ET
Just came back from some classes into the dorms and after getting over some
Late 80s Hokie • 01/28/24 11:59 AM ET