First day of CNA classes and blown out of the sky

I had just started my first class of CNA classes... Not

sure of myself.. after all I hadn't been in a class for

...what 29 years?  So here I am listening the best I can and

hope I can retain this information.  The classes were

going to be for 3 months.

We started at 8am... and then at 10am we took a break

...10 minute break, then back to class.

As soon as the door opened up, in rushed the Director

of Nurses...  THE SHUTTLE BLEW UP... they just

announced it just a little bit ago.. thought you would

like to know. 

Now this was before the days of instant media. No

Facebook, or internet..  This was 30 years ago.

So we all got a drink of water, went pee.. and came

back for class. After all it would be at least a hour

or so for the news to get it together...and who knew

how long before they would have why.

We were all sad, and then it dawn on us.. it was the

Challenger...with the teacher on it.  We talked a few

minutes about how horrible it would be for the kids.

And then back to school class.

We all went home at noon, and I am sure we watched

updates on television all day long.. The pictures of it

going up, blowing up.. coming down.. smoke, clouds,

and the look of those who were watching from the platform

near by.

Lot different from the day I was getting off work and

learn on the way home, that the plane flew into the

World Trade Center. And the media lit up from 6am

our time here ... until how many days later?  While

Facebook wasn't what it is today... but the internet

lit up. Searching for more information...