this is the original abc world news tonight broadcast with peter jennings on january 28 1986, reporting on the dramatic explosion and loss of life on the space shuttle challenger.

i remember that day very, very well. i was in 8th grade at albritton middle school in fort bragg, north carolina. at 1130 am, our principal made an announcement over the p.a. inviting classrooms with televisions to watch the launch of challenger. there was a teacher…