> Today in History > By The Associated Press > > Today is Monday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2002. > There are 337 days left in the year. > > Today's Highlight in History: > > On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger > exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape > Canaveral, killing all seven crew members. > > On this date: > > In 1596, English navigator Sir Francis Drake died > off the coast of Panama; he was buried at sea.
15 years ago today was one of those moments that you never forget where you were when you heard the news, days like Pearl Harbor, JFK being shot, the shooting starting in the Gulf War.... Sept. 11th..... I personally had a interesting reliving of this experience when one of the younger trumpets in the Baltimore Ravens Marching Band was having trouble believing that yes I am 23 years old and a college graduate. So I said, "Here, I'll prove it to you - what were you doing when you heard that the Challenger Space Shuttle had exploded?" - thinking that he would say that he was too young to remember, and he replied "Dude, I wasn't *born* yet!" Yikes! As for myself, I was in Third Grade at the time, and my class was one of the only ones that would not be watching it live, as we had "Gym class" during that time slot at the end of the day. After class, word that the shuttle had blown up had started to circulate, but it was hard to really believe it until I got home and my mother immediately directed me to the telvision where they were replaying that video in a continuous loop. It was a truly stunning moment to watch, and indeed, the *smell* of the cookies that my mother was baking that day is still fresh in my mind. So, in the immortal words of Ronald Reagan: "We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.'" JDG Read the whole speech here: http://reagan.webteamone.com/speeches/challenger.html ===== ---------------------------------------------------------- John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Taliban delenda est! - Freedom is Not Free __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
