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*jclo3313* · 01-30-2009, 01:49 PM

My father worked in the vertical assembly building at the cape, so we had front row all of the time.I was in highschool in Titusville Florida sitting in class with a clear view of the launch pad. As soon as the launch went off I went outside to watch with some other students (it was pretty routine for us) when everything went all wrong. I was on the pay phone to my father to see what had happened within 30 seconds of the explosion and they had already cut all incoming and out going calls. I can still see it in my mind as clearly as when it happened. Oddly enough the last message that may father had left me before his stroke was of the loss of Columbia as she re-entered. The space program has been and will always be a part of my life.

01-30-2009, 01:49 PM	#1
jclo3313 Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Absolutely red Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Woodstock, Ga Posts: 7,816	My father worked in the vertical assembly building at the cape, so we had front row all of the time.I was in highschool in Titusville Florida sitting in class with a clear view of the launch pad. As soon as the launch went off I went outside to watch with some other students (it was pretty routine for us) when everything went all wrong. I was on the pay phone to my father to see what had happened within 30 seconds of the explosion and they had already cut all incoming and out going calls. I can still see it in my mind as clearly as when it happened. Oddly enough the last message that may father had left me before his stroke was of the loss of Columbia as she re-entered. The space program has been and will always be a part of my life. __________________ Obama Can't Gymkhana!