1/Today is 36th anniversary of destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger & deaths of 7 heroes (6 astronauts & 1 teacher turned astronaut). Prior to 9/11, for my generation this tragedy was our Dealey Plaza. We all remember where we were when we heard the news. 
2/We watched in horror time & time again as we heard words "Challenger, go at throttle up".
3/I was freshman at @UofR & had just come out of POLSCI class abt 15 minutes aft disaster. In our student center there used to be large screen television. Dozens of students surrounded the tv watching in silence.
I will never forget that moment, or this crew.
I will never forget that moment, or this crew.
Postscript/Ten years later I appeared in a case before teacher Christa McAuliffe's husband who was then a federal judge in NH.
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