I was in the fifth grade, living in central Florida. Everyone in our school was watching, it was just something our school always did. Fragments of the memories

I was in the fifth grade, living in central Florida. Everyone in our school was watching, it was just something our school always did. Fragments of the memories remain, but they are strong ones. Hearing "major malfunction" from the NASA audio. Tom Brokaw saying something about it being, "the understatement of the year." Crying, with nearly every other human in sight, at the vision of the split condensation and smoke trails in the sky. Going home early. Still stings to think about it.