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I guess we all have heard the bad news by now. Keep the familes of those who died today in your mind. I still remember where I was when the Challenger blew up in 86. Sad day....

(General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."

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Yep. Sad, indeed.

 

About 86. My Mom talks about it once in a while. I was like 1 and we weren't that far away, she said we went out on the patio and saw the smoke. It gets brought back up from time to time.

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My Respects

 

"Fire And Rain"

 

by James Taylor

 

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone

 

Susanne the plans they made put an end to you

 

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song

 

I just can't remember who to send it to

 

I've seen fire and I've seen rain

 

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

 

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

 

But I always thought that I'd see you again

 

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus

 

You've got to help me make a stand

 

You've just got to see me through another day

 

My body's aching and my time is at hand

 

And I won't make it any other way

 

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

 

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

 

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

 

But I always thought that I'd see you again

 

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun

 

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around

 

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come

 

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

 

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

 

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

 

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

 

But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now

 

Thought I'd see you one more time again

 

There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now

 

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now

(General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."

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Just a note on the Challenger. I remember it well. We had went to town and mom had went in the Dairy Queen to pick up our order. Dad and I were in the truck. She came out and told us that the Challenger had went down.

 

There are certin things that leaves marks in each generation.

 

Dec 7th 1941 Pearl Harbor

 

Nov 23rd 1963 JFK shot

 

Jan_____ 1986 Challenger

 

Sept 11 2002 Trade Centers

 

I don't know that the Columbia will overseed the attack on NY but nevertheless its a huge moment in our history.

(General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."

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I also remember well the Challanger explosion. I was getting ready to move in here. It is a great loss. There is a cost to expansion of knowledge. Those who become sacrifices in the quest for knowledge are true heroes.
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Few, someone else that was more than a kid when Challenger went down.

 

I was in the student union, at college. All the t.v.'s suddenly got switched to the report. :cry: Now I've had to watch two go down. Not a pleasent sight at all. :( I also lived right near NASA in Houston when I was there. I hate to think of the poor kids that were waiting for their parents to come home. Still, they are the last of the adventurers/explorers, in the purest sense.

Kuk Sool Won - 4th dan

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

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"We are happy that it broke up," government employee Abdul Jabbar al-Quraishi said.

 

"God wants to show that his might is greater than the Americans. They have encroached on our country. God is avenging us," he said.

 

Lets see if Allah can stop a squadren of B52s, F-16s and a few of our Un-HOLY cruise missiles MADE IN THE USA :brow: :brow: :brow:

Pain is only temporary, the memory of that pain lasts a lifetime.

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