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I was in electronics class in high school.
Someone brought in an old TV set and we were trying to figure out what it's problem was. We had several old sets and figured out it needed a tube replaced. We found one in an old set and got it working.
The Challenger was just leaving the launch pad and our teacher was a space fanatic so he suggested we leave it on. We were just about to get back to our seats when it blew up and he instantly knew what had happened. He just sat there stunned looking at the TV. After about a minute of silence he turned off the set and went to the back room to cry I guess...
He worked for JPL so perhaps he was a bit connected to the whole thing.
We turned the TV back on and put it real low and watched the news anchors get all agro.
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