24 years ago...

[johno]

I was walking down a hallway at NORAD, when the boards lit up. Without the *exercise* light on.

I raced to the nearest office, to find everyone clustered around the TV watching as CNN ran the explosion over and over and over...

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[supersniffles.livejournal.com]

I had just walked in the door from work (I worked early mornings) and my room-mates had been watching the launch and told me.
And during the freaking out about it I had the selfish thought, 'Crap! Did this have to happen on my sister's birthday?"