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(DIR) Post #AS8lCmmksrz5TTD8Do by jimgruman@fosstodon.org
2023-01-29T16:08:12Z
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@kairyssdal HS math class
(DIR) Post #AS8lLZqqLG5FxyJal6 by amyfou@lingo.lol
2023-01-29T16:09:47Z
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@kairyssdal I was in the student union at my university, getting a snack. The TVs in the union were all tuned to the launch.I'd gotten my snack, couldn't eat it.
(DIR) Post #AS8lcwytbBSYcpMjKq by winnipegguy@thecanadian.social
2023-01-29T16:12:55Z
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@kairyssdal I was in a first year University class, prof walks in visibly upset and said the Space Shuttle had an accident, there would be no class that day…
(DIR) Post #AS8lwFbYa51jt4eUds by retsin2000@mastodon.world
2023-01-29T16:16:25Z
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@kairyssdal German class in my senior year of High School. We were not watching live but they made an announcement over the school PA. We had a TV in the room so turned on the coverage immediately. When they first started to make the announcement I thought it was just going to be about a teacher making it to space but it became apparent quickly that it was very bad news.
(DIR) Post #AS8mfx8pYjxhwf0ZKC by McPatrick@mastodon.social
2023-01-29T16:24:36Z
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@kairyssdal Working — tech writer — at the Morton Thiokol plant in Utah. Watching, along with hundreds of others who’d worked on it directly—or indirectly. And got blamed for it — when the failure was entirely due to *completely8 political decisions over the repeated objections of engineering management.I remember people weeping in the halls.Bean counters and politicians made that decision, and people died.
(DIR) Post #AS8nB99OxXZGAU9Kim by jordanosaurus@mastodon.online
2023-01-29T16:30:18Z
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@kairyssdal I was in English class and went the bathroom. In the bathroom was a kid from the science class and they were watching live. I went back to the science class and watched for about 10 minutes, then returned to my English class. My teacher was concerned (and annoyed) but when I told her, she asked me to tell the class with her. Delivering that news to a classroom was intense. I don’t remember too much from the rest of the day, just all the face looking at me.
(DIR) Post #AS8on0KoHkHFmg6MWu by daddles_sfo@sfba.social
2023-01-29T16:48:22Z
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@kairyssdal 4th grade classroom. Afterwards we were all crying. I remember not understanding why I was crying and someone else asking why we were so upset, “we didn’t know them…”. We were so young we didn’t fully understand our shared humanity and grief.
(DIR) Post #AS8oyb67wOkWzLlHxw by wiredog@hulvr.com
2023-01-29T16:50:26Z
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@kairyssdal Camp Hovey Korea with the 2nd Bde 2nd Inf Div.
(DIR) Post #AS8pfJiIS2g1WXzA5w by markrstoll@masto.ai
2023-01-29T16:58:09Z
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@kairyssdal Where was I? At work, I suppose. I didn't own a TV in 1986.
(DIR) Post #AS8q36LxmAEP2PseZ6 by RichSPK@tech.lgbt
2023-01-29T17:02:29Z
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@kairyssdal I don't remember exactly where I was, but I was in high school. I don't think I saw it live. One of the relevant engineers, though, was related to two French teachers at my high school:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Boisjoly
(DIR) Post #AS8tFXPZIeLIILBklk by Stephensjolander@mastodon.social
2023-01-29T17:38:19Z
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@kairyssdal Commuting to work. I heard it on the radio.
(DIR) Post #AS8ucJd6o0CGANwmae by brucewaln@mas.to
2023-01-29T17:53:40Z
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@kairyssdal I was getting a physical. The nurse had taken my temp and some other prelim things and I'd undressed. Then I waited and waited. I realized it was really quiet outside my room so I snuck a look and there was no one in the halls at all! I sat back down for a minute but then decided to get dressed and see if I was in an episode of the Twilight Zone. I walked out to the lobby to find everyone watching a large TV as they played and replayed the launch and explosion...
(DIR) Post #AS8v6RenWbTrkZ6VZA by Anthro@universeodon.com
2023-01-29T17:59:06Z
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@kairyssdal I was prepping for a geology test of some kind…it was a sad day.
(DIR) Post #AS8wEl1BWaQi4I6R8q by Will@thepit.social
2023-01-29T18:11:48Z
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@kairyssdal in kindergarten, watching live. The next day, I was the only kid who still wanted to be an astronaut
(DIR) Post #AS9257TJmpq0XK383U by thereelray@ohai.social
2023-01-29T19:17:14Z
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@kairyssdal pearsontown elementary home room
(DIR) Post #AS94TBqnMHDEyVdV9U by leemoknows@mastodon.world
2023-01-29T19:44:04Z
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@kairyssdal I was on my way to US History in high school. The teacher put on the TV and we all watched the news covering the story. Really hard for us all to believe it happened. Never forgot how quite it was in class.
(DIR) Post #AS96KpGtcemkXTz4ds by hudsoch@ohai.social
2023-01-29T20:04:56Z
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@kairyssdal Economics class, Oklahoma State University.
(DIR) Post #AS96pWoMJ7HWGLHAVE by ChrispyCritter@mastodon.online
2023-01-29T20:10:25Z
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@kairyssdal Charleston Naval Base.
(DIR) Post #AS9YzHyN82p3r1Ozfk by bmalsuj@ohai.social
2023-01-30T01:26:00Z
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@kairyssdal I was a small child... blissfully unaware.
(DIR) Post #AS9lCkb7DDoPqai31M by Trish1010@mastodon.world
2023-01-30T03:42:55Z
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@kairyssdal Sophomore in high school, about to get changed for gym class. I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that the shuttle had exploded. I thought people were mistaken.
(DIR) Post #ASDT3jsFVp0CSD7IEy by themitchcohen@mstdn.social
2023-01-31T22:38:26Z
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@kairyssdal Pushing bolts of cloth and racks of dresses around the Garment District, walked into the lobby of a building for a delivery. There was a small crowd watching the launch on the tv at the front desk.