I was a tech writer at a Burroughs(later Unisys)office in the Philly suburbs. I came back from lunch to see a small group gathered around the cube of someone who had a radio & went to see what had happened. Since I was known as a space geek, I was the one stuck trying to politely answer stupid questions like "Why didn't they just eject?"
I was otherwise pretty much useless at work or anywhere else for the next week.
I went home that evening & played The Phoenix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGi2Nt-GTF4&feature=PlayList&p=0B23ABE533FE233B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=36) by Julia Ecklar(originally written about the Apollo 1 fire) about 16 times that evening, and many more in the weeks after. I still play it and Fire In the Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ryd_p20XEU/) (by astrophysicist & musician Jordin Kare, sung by Kristoph Klover)on the anniversary each year.
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I was otherwise pretty much useless at work or anywhere else for the next week.
I went home that evening & played The Phoenix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGi2Nt-GTF4&feature=PlayList&p=0B23ABE533FE233B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=36) by Julia Ecklar(originally written about the Apollo 1 fire) about 16 times that evening, and many more in the weeks after. I still play it and Fire In the Sky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ryd_p20XEU/) (by astrophysicist & musician Jordin Kare, sung by Kristoph Klover)on the anniversary each year.