23 Years Ago Today...

The Challenger Exploded.
I can remember watching it on TV at McDonald Green Elementary in Lancaster, SC. I was only 7 years old, in 2nd grade. I didn't really understand what happened until an later when the teacher explained it all to us. She had turned the TV off soon after it happened to spare us the horrible details. The site below has a great summary of events.
http://encyclopedia.tfd.com/Space+Shuttle+Challenger+disaster