30 years later: Challenger disaster offered a glimpse of media world to come

Count me among the many muttering this morning that it can’t possibly have been 30 years … 30 years since the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off, killing all seven astronauts on board. Included among the dead, of course, was teacher Christa McAuliffe, who grew up here in Framingham, Mass., and prior to the tragedy had already become an enormously compelling story for the local newspaper at which I worked at the time.

Five years ago on this date I wrote of my experiences as an editor on that day, one of a handful that I can truly say I will never forget.

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