25 years ago, from a teacher Christa McAuliffe died aboard the space shuttle Challenger, and people speak in his hometown of Concord, New Hampshire, still not happy about it.
"It hurts every time the anniversary comes around. Especially for those who knew her," said New Hampshire Executive Council Member Daniel St-Hilaire, 43 "My son is 18 and a novice in the school, and I never talked to him about it. "
A long time resident of Concord, St. Hilaire went to Concord High School, where McAuliffe taught social studies and was a consultant for Youth in Government Club, where he was a member of the group. He remembers her as a passionate teacher, the real world, practical experience in school and stressed. "It was a different kind of teacher - she not only in the classroom," he said. "They firmly believed that children learn best through experience and she lived her life like that."
An entire generation has since McAuliffe and six other astronauts on January 28, 1986 died grown, and yet his legacy lives on in this small town about an hour north of Boston. Her passion for students and residents, and their death affects those who remember. Some people still tear at the mention of the name McAuliffe.
"It is difficult to have them all highlighted again in my head," said Carol Berry, 71, a friend of McAuliffe who watch in person was at Cape Canaveral when the Challenger exploded. "Every year, I still think. I feel so bad. "
In the years since the explosion Concord steps to ensure McAuliffe never forget adopted. The planetarium is named in his honor by houses and memorabilia with the Challenger mission. Students and visitors, where visits and taught about their impact on space travel. Recently named the city has a primary school after it is done immediately, it is their honored with the President and the rule ensure that students know his name for years to come.
Keeping memory alive is important McAuliffe, Holly Merrow, of Concord High in 1986, graduated and now teaches in Portland, Maine. Merrow by McAuliffe taught a class on women in history, said he had fun educational, interesting and real - and she tries to do the same thing.
Merrow teaches third year, but for several years, a lesson about McAuliffe and the Challenger for students in fifth and in college. She showed them an album full of stickers, NASA, as well as articles, the explosion and the selection of McAuliffe by NASA, where she was selected from a competition of over 11,000 candidates leak of the first civilian teacher in one place.
"I worked with professors who teach not even alive then," she said. They will come back strong in the time to give these lessons, said: "I have sometimes."
Over the years, the anniversary of the city in his corner has observed, is without fanfare or media attention and the anniversary this year is no different. The only event planned for this occasion, the planetarium, where a representative of NASA and address of a short documentary will be shown to teachers and members of the public.
In a rare public statement, her husband, Steven McAuliffe, recently wrote a heartfelt letter to the Commission about the school bears his name. "There will not honor that Chris might be more to a school in the hometown she loved so much cherish, as their name," he writes. "I hope that generations of students, teachers and administrators who have gone through the new school inspiration in the most valuable lesson -. Ordinary people are making extraordinary contributions if they remain true to themselves and realize their dreams "
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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