Oh man, I remember getting up early and watching that live. I remember being very confused and thinking that something was wrong, then slowly realizing with horror what had happened.
I was home sick from school that day. I'd forgotten it was the day of the "teacher in space" launch, so when I turned on the TV and saw one of the countless replays of the space shuttle exploding, I just thought it was a movie. It was confusing as I watched a little longer and realized it was real.
One of those days in history where you remember exactly where you were at the time. I was in my 7th grade English class. It was one of those rooms that had a divider between another class. The teachers separated the dividers so both classes could watch the event. Pretty confusing for our young minds then...
There are a couple times in life when I can tell you exactly where I was. When Challenger went down I was coming down the stairs at Macadoo's in Roanoke Virginia with a tray of food.
When 911 happened i was at work in Minneapolis Kansas.
There are some things that are so shocking they are just seared into your memory.
singingtothesnakes
1.1 Normal kids. Well for the most part anyway.
0.1. Worlds coolest Normal Ball Python (Boo)
0.1. Mojave Ball Python (Daisy)
1.0. Pastel Ball Python (Sol)
1.1. Het. for Axanthic Ball Python (Xan and Xab's)
1.1. Garden Phase, Amazon Tree Boa's (Jetta & Izzy)
0.1. Reverse Okeetee Corn Snake (Sarah)
0.0.1. Gopher Snake (Little Bite)
The Ghost did not pan out. shoot!
Hopefully by summer I'll be making payments on a 1.1 lesser
I wasn't alive when it happened, but I did go to Kindergarten to 2nd grade at a school named in Christa McAuliffe's honor. I remember there being quotes from her all over the building, and pictures.
Ryan
1.0 Red Tail Boa- Sylvester
0.0.1 Albino Banana Cal King- Tweetie
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