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Friday, January 27, 2006

It was 20 years ago today-

when the space shuttle Challenger exploded in the sky over the Florida coast, killing the 7 astronauts onboard.
"It was one of those defining moments in your life that you will always remember," said Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, who flew on the shuttle mission preceding Challenger.
I was standing in the RAF Lakenheath pizza joint, waiting to pick up my family's dinner. I can see that launch on the tv on the wall as if it happened today.

That rowdy, inviting, familiar pizza parlor turned into a somber, saddened place that night and when we went home we all felt the loss shared by all Americans because of this tragedy.

Yeah, it was a defining moment.

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