Couldn't believe it when somebody listening to the launch, turned up the volume on their radio. Without hearing any details, we knew what must have happened.
Same as the RFK assassination, Dad had the morning TV news on, which was unusual, and so I knew as I came upstairs what must have happened.
I was watching the launch because there was a TV in the room I worked in. As soon as Challenger exploded I alerted the people in the next office and they thought I was joking.
Well whatever, I wasn’t going to stand around trying to convince them. I went back to watching the dreadful scene, debris still falling.
They eventually realized that I wasn’t messing around.