Twenty-two years ago today the nation suffered a tragic loss. One of those moments that sticks in the collective memory of a generation. Millions watched live on that bright blue January day to see a school teacher, Christa McAuliffe, journey into space on the Space Shuttle Challenger.
I was a junior in high school then. I didn't see it live. I was attending the funeral for a teammates' father. I suppose it made it more surreal to come out of a funeral to immediately hear on the radio of the Challenger disaster.
But the nation healed, persevered and forged ahead like it had before, like it has since and like it will again.
The video is of President Reagan's address to the nation that night.
Monday, January 28, 2008
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