What was the first major news story you remember watching unfold as a child?

Posted by Cryptic_Spren97@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 553 comments

I'm not particularly referring to scary or traumatic ones, but just whatever stuck in your mind. I remember snapshots of lots of news stories before this, but my first vivid memory of watching the news and being shocked by it was when the [Space Shuttle Columbia disintigrated upon re-entry](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster#:~:text=On%20Saturday%2C%20February%201%2C%202003,Challenger%20and%20crew%20in%201986.). I was only 5 at the time and found the whole thing very confusing, but I can clearly remember it over 20 years later.