First amateur video of Challenger shuttle explosion revealed

[johnnie]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/first-amateur-video-challenger-shuttle-explosion-revealed-185802006.html

I looked but didn't see this posted. I could be wrong.

[Brickbat]

1. Thanks for posting. So sad on so many levels.

[krispos42]

2. *sniff*

[Poll_Blind]

3. Because of Christa McAuliffe's role in the mission, there are many people my age who...

...were tuned in and watching at school, live, when it happened.

Just reading about it brings back that day. Terrible memories. And we were spared the worst, at least initially: We weren't huddled together en masse watching the launch LIVE like so many other schools were. Although 9/11 is debatable, I can't think of any other tragedy which little children were likely to see live as it unfolded, like the Challenger accident.

That was a terrible, terrible day. Thank you for the link. If I watch it, I doubt I could stand to with the volume on.

PB

[johnnie]

5. I didn't see it. I was still asleep (original slacker)

My mother yelled down to me about it and I went up to see it. My father worked at NASA since I was born (retired in 1999) and for some reason I took the space program personally. I work there now and still take it personally. It was a horrible tragedy.

[JesterCS]

10. re

my father worked for Nasa as well. He was laid off after the Challenger Accident.

[gateley]

4. Thanks. So sad. nt

[sgsmith]

6. Well, it's not the first amateur video.

There have been at least two amateur shots of the explosion that I'm aware of that have been on MSM. This clip, however, is from a position somewhere south of the cape, and captures a different angle from the more commonly known clips.

At least these folks knew something was wrong.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/video/amateur-video-86-challenger-explosion-9750341

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. that one is way more up close and personal

that the clip we've seen before. you can hear the disbelief in the voices when they are told

[RebelOne]

7. I remember that well.

I was on the phone making arrangements for a trip to Europe when the office manager ran up to me and said that the Challenger had exploded.

[kestrel91316]

9. I was watching it live that morning, getting ready for work.

I had just stepped back in front of the TV after working on my hair and make-up when it blew up. Right then, I said, "They're all dead." Even before the NASA guy said anything about a malfunction or explosion I knew they couldn't have survived.

Still makes me sad to think about it all these years later.

[Inspired]

11. That was one of the worst days ever. So surreal and so sad.

For some reason I felt very alone that day.