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Re: Challenger Shuttle home video

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Post by ugh »

YouTube is sometimes a strange place. After watching this video I found a short clip of KNBC’s live coverage with what can only be called truly great commentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC1V9Eg9Cfw

I then tried to find out more about the commentator and found this gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sYB1uxt6o

(I’m not from the US, so please excuse my ignorance about your TV anchors. The commentator is this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Shocknek)

Re: Challenger Shuttle home video

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Post by michaelcampbell »

I was in college that day; in Orlando (University of Central Florida). I didn't see the actual explosion, but if I were outside at that time, I would have. I walked out maybe 15 seconds after it happened. I can remember looking at that trail, just like you see it in that video and the confusion going on in my mind about it. The news around campus spread quickly though, and it wasn't but a few minutes later that everyone knew what had happened.

It was something I will never forget. I wasn't alive when Kennedy was shot, but people say it was like that.

Re: Challenger Shuttle home video

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Post by fexl »

michaelcampbell wrote: post #6

I was in college that day; in Orlando (University of Central Florida). I didn't see the actual explosion, but if I were outside at that time, I would have. I walked out maybe 15 seconds after it happened. I can remember looking at that trail, just like you see it in that video and the confusion going on in my mind about it. The news around campus spread quickly though, and it wasn't but a few minutes later that every…

Yep, I was sitting in my cubicle in Colorado Springs, and I remember exactly who came in to tell me about it. Just like it was yesterday.

Re: Challenger Shuttle home video

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Post by fexl »

michaelcampbell wrote: post #6

I was in college that day; in Orlando (University of Central Florida). I didn't see the actual explosion, but if I were outside at that time, I would have. I walked out maybe 15 seconds after it happened. I can remember looking at that trail, just like you see it in that video and the confusion going on in my mind about it. The news around campus spread quickly though, and it wasn't but a few minutes later that every…

You can tell from the video that was a cold day. It not only "looks cold," but someone has wrapped a sheet around a shrub to protect it.
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