At 11:40 a.m. on January 28, 1986 as millions of Americans watched live, as the space shuttle Challenger exploded into a ball of fire. (William Broad, New York Times, pg.23) Just as the Kennedy assassination was the baby boomers disaster, this tragedy became 1980’s most tragic disaster. Everyone knows exactly where they were when they found out and everyone has etched in their minds the image of the explosion. The event made everyone question the need for …showed first 75 words of 1375 total…

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