I was in 6th grade in Nevada... TV wheeled in and multiple classes all brought their chairs in to watch it. I think I was just young enough to not be traumatized about it and yet old enough to fully appreciate that ol' Head & Shoulders joke. While, yes there have been some folks that look the same I'm pretty convinced there was indeed a tragic accident that cost a teacher her life along with the astronauts. There are some excellent debunks of this myth out there pretty easy to find, but this is a flat-earth go to conspiracy theory that's for sure.