SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bob Ebeling had spent three decades filled with guilt over not stopping the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but found relief in the weeks before his death.
On the morning of January 28, 1986, I was on the radio in southwestern Colorado. I will never forget the look on our radio station owner's face when he walked into my studio. He said he needed to make an announcement. This was a guy who never talked on the radio. But, on that day he did. And, the words he said shocked us all. "The Space Shuttle Challenger has exploded".