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Yes, I was an Army MP in Frankfurt, Germany working the main gate of the Abrams Complex (what was then V Corps HQ).
People started coming through the gate crying. We were read an official statement during debrief at the end of our shift, and saw the footage on AFN when we got back to the barracks.
I actually lived in Florida at the time, and used to have a great vantage point (right out my back door) from which to watch the shuttles takeoff.
I lived nearly 100 miles away, but you could plainly see the bright orange light coming over the treeline and propelling the shuttle up into the atmosphere. On that day I went out to watch and then I saw orange and white lights going every direction. I had never seen that before, so I went back inside and on the TV they were freaking out.
Very disturbing and I will never forget that image or that day.
I was at home, working. Our son just called from school and said he was sick. The explosion occured and I had to run out and get him. We spent the rest of the day watching TV
Yes, I remember that day. I was at home, almost nine months pregnant with my last baby when my older daughter came home from school and told me what happened. I didn't believe her at first, so turned on the TV and saw the explosion.
My daughter was pretty upset (so was I, of course), specifically because there was a teacher on board that flight.
I remember the event. I was in Navy bootcamp in Orlando, FL (female side). We were on the grinder doing marching practice when everyone just stopped and looked up at the explosion. The grinder is pretty big so there were numerous companies out there practicing. It looked like the scene from the movie Shawshank Redemption, when all those prisoners on the yard are staring up at the speaker listening to that opera music.
After about 15 minutes, we were released back to our barracks, where we spent most of the rest of that day listening to news reports. I will never forget it.
Time sure does fly by.....I feel like I was out there like just last week RIP to the astrounauts who perished.
I was a Titan II missile crew commander. We had just arrived on site and I was upstairs in the kitchen when one of the crew came up and told me the Shuttle had blown up. They said they didn't know the status of the crew. We went down to watch the TV.
Every time I saw a rocket blow up it happened on the pad, so I was surprised when they showed the replay and it lifted off normally. Then at 73 seconds they said "go at throttle up".......
I remember saying to my guys "I can tell you the status of the crew....."
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