January 28 1986.Florida.Cape Canaveral.
The weather is cold.
The space shuttle Challenger sits on the launch pad ready for take off.
A crew of 7 waits aboard.
At 11:38 am 73 seconds into the flight.......
Most know the story.
At that time I had a 10 foot satellite dish in my backyard.
My favorite thing to watch was behind the scene news broadcast.
One network which will remain nameless for a few reasons was broadcasting.The "A-Team" was on the air.
The anchor who was the network's nightly news anchor was speaking off camera microphone still open.
Launch of Challenger had been delayed because of ice on the fuel tanks.
When will this "turkey fly" the well known news anchor remarked.Behind the scenes there was talk of problems the shuttle was facing on this very cold day in Florida.
What was said next I still remember so well.Someone said it could blow up.
"Now that would be a story" Mr. Anchorman replied.
It did blow up.7 people died.Their families lost loved ones.The nation mourned.
But Mr. Anchorman got his story.
The weather is cold.
The space shuttle Challenger sits on the launch pad ready for take off.
A crew of 7 waits aboard.
At 11:38 am 73 seconds into the flight.......
Most know the story.
At that time I had a 10 foot satellite dish in my backyard.
My favorite thing to watch was behind the scene news broadcast.
One network which will remain nameless for a few reasons was broadcasting.The "A-Team" was on the air.
The anchor who was the network's nightly news anchor was speaking off camera microphone still open.
Launch of Challenger had been delayed because of ice on the fuel tanks.
When will this "turkey fly" the well known news anchor remarked.Behind the scenes there was talk of problems the shuttle was facing on this very cold day in Florida.
What was said next I still remember so well.Someone said it could blow up.
"Now that would be a story" Mr. Anchorman replied.
It did blow up.7 people died.Their families lost loved ones.The nation mourned.
But Mr. Anchorman got his story.
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