[Vision2020] January 28, 1986

[Kai Eiselein, Editor]

I was in downtown Spokane and I stopped to watch the launch on a bank of 
televisions in a window display. When the shuttle exploded, it seemed as 
though everything went silent. I could see the reflection of cars passing on 
the street, but there was no sound. I just just stood, alone, in front of 
the display in disbelief for what seemed forever before going home.

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From: "Jennifer Ingalls" <jennifer at inlandradio.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:22 PM
To: "'vision2020'" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] January 28, 1986

> I was in the fifth grade at Eastside Elementary in Athens, Ohio, where we
> lived for one year when my dad did a faculty exchange. My fifth grade
> teacher had an undergraduate degree in herpetology (or perhaps just a
> biology degree coupled with an unnatural affinity for reptiles and
> amphibians--we had a rather large boa in the classroom). Mr. Carole was
> either a finalist to be the teacher in space or at least an avid 
> competitor
> for that position, so our class had really studied NASA and the space
> program leading up to the launch (incidentally, my dad grew up in Cocoa, 
> FL,
> a neighboring town to Port (Cape) Canaveral, so my family also had some
> interest in this launch). I remember we watched the launch that day in 
> such
> eager anticipation.
>
> While I do not have a specific memory of whether I cried, I remember Mr.
> Carole being devastated. I remember the image repeating, either in my head
> or on the screen, over and over. I remember the stillness of the room.
>
> That same year at Eastside Elementary we performed "Mr. Carole's Room
> Shuffle" (modeled after the "Super Bowl Shuffle"), and all-school 
> rendition
> of "We Are the World" (since the University attracted a lot of foreign
> students and my school was close to campus), and "The Wizard of Oz." I 
> also
> received a perfect attendance award of which I was perhaps neridly-proud.
> However, no other moment emblazoned itself with such imagery as did that 
> one
> in that very important year of my young life.
>
> Jennifer L. Ingalls
> Inland Northwest Broadcasting
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> Moscow, Idaho 83843
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Kai Eiselein
Editor, Latah Eagle