01-28-2010, 07:13 PM
I was sitting at a light table in my office at UCLA. I heard a loud yell from the office next door and went rushing in. Another graduate student had been watching the launch on TV (there was a lot of interest since I was in the Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences so our group probably had experiments on board). We just watched agape, over and over. A very sad day, especially with all the build up about the school teacher. I can't imagine how painful it must have been for the kids in her class.