Oh My What A Horrible Day

And what a horrible day it truly was when the only Challenger went up,
then came down. Today I am going to share with you what my mother had to say about how she felt about the Challenger Mission. Challenger was a space mission to bring the first teacher into the sparkling darkness that lies just outside of our reach.

Were you and your friends exited for the upcoming mission?

No Iwas not, infact Idid not have any care at all for the mission, though I did know that Kathy Craiger was sooo exited because her dad was about to find out if he had almost got to be the first teacher in space!
When did you hear about the crash and how did you feel?

Since I was living in Japan, I heard the terrifying news the morning after. My entire family was bunched up around the television like a crowd in a moshpit at the American Idol Finallies! But we definateley weren't that happy though. More like a silent, can't move a muscle kind of moshpit. I felt confused really, but as the days went by my additude just kept getting worse.

Did you and your friends talk about the accident?

Is that even a question to ask? I talked and talked with my friends about it for months, and months later, I remember Kathy sobbing when she heard about the terrible news that the Challenger had exploded. We asked ourselves so many questions like; When did she really die? When she hit the ground, or when it exploded? , and ; Why did they even want to send a teacher up there? If only that one bolt or screw had been fastened in, then none o this could have happened.

What were your own personal feelings about the accident?

I remember being so confused. Confused is the emotion that took over all of the other emotions. Even though I was also sad for Kathy and her thankfully alive father Mr. Craiger, I was kind of mad at the space people for even wanting to send a teacher into space in the first place!

What were your ister's feelings about it/ how did she react?

She was so sad, mostly for the teacher. She also asked herself, "How could this happen?", and,"What did the teacher do to deserve this?"

Do you still think about it?

All of the time, Iremember visiting the Challenger Memorial. That made me cry more than ever. And this summer when we went to NASA and saw the plaque with her face and handprint I just about fell apart.

The horrible day will always interrupt our memories as we go back to think about that day, even those of us who weren't even born yet get a sickening feeling in our stomachs. That was my mom's point of view on the Challenger Space Mission.