Where were you 25 years ago this week, on a crystal clear, cold January day, when we lost seven wonderful, courageous people on the Space Shuttle Challenger? Rather than re-watching those last, horrible moments etched so painfully into our national consciousness, consider learning a little bit about the extraordinary lives of these brave men and women.
STS-51-L crew: (front row) Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair; (back row) Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik.
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Retweeted by SAndrewDKos, hashtag #Egypt; #Cairo; #Jan25 (Note: Jan 25 is shaping up to be July 4th for Egypt)
9:32AM CDT: RT @sharifkouddous: People now chanting: "We're not leaving. He's leaving!" Also: "wake up Mubarak, today's your last day." #Egypt
9:25AM CDT Unconfirmed: Small group of Muslim Brotherhood shouting extremist rhetoric reportedly shouted down by larger crowd chanting "Muslim, Christian, we're all Egyptian!"
9:22AM CDT Breaking: Middle East News Agency: Omar Soliman (Intel Minister) to be Egyptian Vice President #Egypt #Jan25
9:15AM CDT RT @foreignoffice: #Egypt: Foreign Secretary calls on President #Mubarak to 'listen to legitimate grievances of #Egyptian people' http://ht.ly/...
8:35AM CDT: RT @Jan25voices: LPC: second report that army is acting to limit Ministry of Interior guards interaction with protesters and street. #Jan25 #Jan28 #Egypt
8:28AM CDT: RT @washingtonpost: #Egypt demonstrations planned in NYC, London say they'll attend protest at Washington embassy http://wapo.st/...
8:24AM CDT: RT @sharifkouddous: People are cleaning up trash on the streets. Amazing. I have never seen anything like this. #Egypt
8:19AM CDT: /@AJELive: Latest images from protest in #Cairo http://twitpic.com/... #Jan25 #Egypt
8:10AM CDT: RT @WashingtonPost: 1,500-2,000 waiting departure terminals of #Cairo Int, trying find flights http://wapo.st/...
7:46AM CDT Unconfirmed: RT @Reuters: FLASH: Al Jazeera TV reports about 1,000 Egyptians try to storm interior ministry in Cairo, police open fire