Another Sad Day in America.

“We will never forget them nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ’slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.’” - President Ronald Reagan’s address to the nation on the Challenger disaster, January 28, 1986.

“In the words of the prophet Isaiah, ‘Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts one by one and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.’ The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the Shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.” - President George W. Bush’s address to the nation on today’s Columbia disaster.