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kjhokie
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I was close by, home sick, saw from my backyard in Satellite Beach...

I remember seeing it launch and then it went in all directions, ran inside to turn on the TV...saddest thing I've been an eye witness to.
Posted: 01/29/2024 at 08:52 AM ET
(In response to this post by OrlandoHokie)

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Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 38 years ago today. Still remember what
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