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Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic
The challenger explosion, and the legendary jokes they inspired.
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So, I was in a class that focused on current events, and one of the teachers was somehow connected to one of the people on board, but I don't remember who, and they had brought in a television so we could watch the launch.
I remember there were a few teachers in the room, and they literally didn't know what to say. The poor teacher cried when it became obvious what happened, and the other teachers just looked at each other, and then us, and then her, and they just looked stunned.
Eventually, one of them came back to reality, and unplugged the television. They ushered out the crying teacher, and soon a couple of counselors were in the room talking to us.
We really didn't understand completely what happened. Not everyone had been paying attention, and most of us had our heads filled with teenage thoughts.