“We’ve lost ’em, God bless ‘em” — Remembering the Challenger Tragedy

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'We've lost 'em, God bless 'em': What it was like to witness the Challenger disaster

The rumbling sounds from the sky gradually died away. The scattered screams and shouts died. The immediate families of the astronauts were escorted quickly away to the crew quarters. Other relatives and visitors were urged onto the buses that had brought them to the scene.

Then this stretch of Kennedy Space Center along an Atlantic Ocean beach was overwhelmed in silence.

Source: Washington Post