Comments on: Where Were You Twenty Years Ago? http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/ A clean, well-lighted blog. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Leigh Ann http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-825 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:38:06 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-825 I was applying for a job. The location had a waiting room with televisions playing. I watched in awe as the event replayed over and over. I had a profound sense of sadness and, like Jimmy, had the need to watch and read as much as possible over the next few days. Jennifer was a tiny baby when this happened (3 months old). Having the joy of a newborn made me feel even more deeply the loss of the families the astronauts left behind. Also, having lost our own mother at a young age, I felt particularly sorry for the young children left behind. I was applying for a job. The location had a waiting room with televisions playing. I watched in awe as the event replayed over and over. I had a profound sense of sadness and, like Jimmy, had the need to watch and read as much as possible over the next few days. Jennifer was a tiny baby when this happened (3 months old). Having the joy of a newborn made me feel even more deeply the loss of the families the astronauts left behind. Also, having lost our own mother at a young age, I felt particularly sorry for the young children left behind.

]]> by: Kay http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-820 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:15:05 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-820 I was a junior at Grissom High School. I can't remember which class I was in, I just remember the news got around fast and the teachers (and students) were very upset, some even cried. People were in shock and it was hard to comprehend what had really happened. We weren't allowed to watch the tv coverage and I didn't get to see what happened until I got home that afternoon. It was a very bad day. I was a junior at Grissom High School. I can’t remember which class I was in, I just remember the news got around fast and the teachers (and students) were very upset, some even cried. People were in shock and it was hard to comprehend what had really happened. We weren’t allowed to watch the tv coverage and I didn’t get to see what happened until I got home that afternoon. It was a very bad day.

]]> by: Ginger http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-819 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:04:20 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-819 I was in 7th grade, in my science class. I thought it was most fortuneous that the shuttle would launch during my class period, and my teacher said we would be able to watch it on TV, a rare treat for us. A few minutes into the class period, someone came into the room and spoke quietly to my teacher, who then exited the room quietly. We were reading an assignment quietly, looking at the darkened television on its cart, and someone asked aloud whether he or someone else might turn it on and watch, since our teacher was slow to come back into the room. My teacher finally reappeared, and told us what had happened. She carried a VHS recording in her hand, and once we were prepared emotionally, we watched it, and gasped. Others appeared in the science room wanting to see it, and it was replayed a lot that day, as random students and adults alike wandered in to watch it. Very surreal. I was in 7th grade, in my science class. I thought it was most fortuneous that the shuttle would launch during my class period, and my teacher said we would be able to watch it on TV, a rare treat for us. A few minutes into the class period, someone came into the room and spoke quietly to my teacher, who then exited the room quietly. We were reading an assignment quietly, looking at the darkened television on its cart, and someone asked aloud whether he or someone else might turn it on and watch, since our teacher was slow to come back into the room.

My teacher finally reappeared, and told us what had happened. She carried a VHS recording in her hand, and once we were prepared emotionally, we watched it, and gasped. Others appeared in the science room wanting to see it, and it was replayed a lot that day, as random students and adults alike wandered in to watch it. Very surreal.

]]> by: brem http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-818 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:48:48 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2006/01/28/where-were-you-twenty-years-ago-today/#comment-818 I was in recess in primary school. We got to leave early to go home and watch the news. It was a big event for us kids in 1986. I was in recess in primary school. We got to leave early to go home and watch the news. It was a big event for us kids in 1986.

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