[mikeus_maximus]

I remember the media frenzy and speculation as they waited for the searchers to find the bodies and bring them back to Cape Canaveral. But the bodies weren’t there. Searchers had secretly found them and brought them to my father, a USAF doctor who was commanding a nearby base hospital that night. So sad.

[Guenevere]

I’m surprised you can relate this....
....is it open knowledge now?

[libertylover]

I remember the media frenzy and speculation as they waited for the searchers to find the bodies

I remember one female reporter asked President Reagan at his news conference after the event, "Did you know it was going to blow up"? Think about that question. Her hatred of Reagan and conservatives was so great that she basically accused him of having it blown up.

[WhiskeyX]

Astronauts Likely Survived Challenger Explosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqcd_3daPQ8

I read the report. The parts where your father’s report would have appeared were largely redacted for respect.