Crews Scour Texas, La. for Shuttle Debris - Human Remains Found? (With Email from NASA to Freeper)

AP NEWS ^ | 2 Feb, 2003 | AP

[Happy2BMe]

Examination of debris from the space shuttle Columbia continued Sunday, as residents in Texas and Louisiana stumbled upon human remains and wreckage while crews scoured hundreds of square miles in an effort to piece together the tragedy.

In Hemphill, near the Louisiana state line, hospital employee Mike Gibbs reported finding what appeared to be a charred torso, thigh bone and skull on a rural road near what appeared to be other debris. Billy Smith, an emergency coordinator for three East Texas counties, confirmed the find.

"I wouldn't want anybody seeing what I saw," Gibbs said. "It was pretty gruesome."

On a farm, also in Sabine County, two young boys found a charred human leg, The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday. "From the hip to the foot, it's all there, scorched from the fire," said their father, Bob White.

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[Atlas Sneezed]

"Flight has been restricted below 3,000 feet over the debris field. That is to keep things like this from apearing in helicopter shots on Eye-Witness News."

A sensible idea that grossly offends the first amendment.

[Fiddlstix]

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[Rightly Biased]

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[Happy2BMe]

[tall_tex]

Sorry it took so long to reply to your E. It has been hectic in a house filled with sorrow. For our Astranauts, and my friend and classmate.

I had my wife send your post to Milt, as I am cut and paste challenged.

I have been receiving E's all day from Milt's and my classmates. While most are not FReepers, I am suprised, that several are. Tom

Tom

[tall_tex]

Milt sends me awsome pictures from space land, I will be glad to send them so you can post, soory still cut and paste challenged. Does that mean I qualify for a government hand out ($), that would be nice, sorry you guys would have to pay for it. Tom

[tall_tex]

Tom you are spelling challenged also, soory=sorry, soory.. Tom

[aeronca]

Awesome Photo---how ironic that people on horse-back are now looking for the scattered pieces of this space technology.

Prayers to the families.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

It is odd...space to ridin an animal. I thought of this as well.

[ValerieUSA]

This is what I wrote to a friend on Saturday:

Gavin, Gabriel and I just heard the President's speech on the radio. What a tragedy to lose the shuttle and so many brave and adventurous souls.

Is space travel just a dream? Can it be possible for men to become independent of Earth and part of the universe on our own? I doubt it - not in our present bodies.

I believe this beautiful planet is our temporary home and we are made to dwell elsewhere in immortal form. The quest to reach into space is part of our longing to be home where we belong - before our time. We know there is more - but where is it? It must be up there....

There are messages in the stars for mankind, a beckoning to come closer, a temptation to break free from the limitations of earth, a mathematical puzzle to solve. To stare into the heavens can enhance the feelings we already have, from puny insignificance to being an integral part of something bigger than all our world.

The constellations don't exist by accident any more than we do - and though we observe accidents, as we did today, does God? Does He see an accident, or the unfolding of His own plan? To understand what has happened, must we just examine the evidence of the destruction, or do we need to ask the Source of our restlessness what it is He wants us to know? Why are we compelled to risk all? What can we accomplish? Are we on the right path, or do we need to turn inward?

As President Bush said today, though the shuttle did not land safely on earth, we pray the souls aboard are safe at home.

Perhaps those seven who were lost this morning are found and the mystery is solved for them. For the rest of us, the thrill of discovery still lies ahead... and the adventure goes on. That's how I handle the grief.... I find peace in knowing that the one who is gone is finally whole and I find exhiliration in anticipating that we who remain will explore further and each of us conquers the horizon in our own time.

[Otta B Sleepin]

I hope it will be of a little comfort to Milt - thanks for passing it along to him, Tom.

[Happy2BMe]

I think the bigness of space cannot help but speak of the greatness of God - The Creator and the smallness of man - the created.

If man was created in the likeness of his Creator, then the Creator instilled into man the desire to explore the unknown.

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

[mykdsmom]

[Servant of the Nine]

A sensible idea that grossly offends the first amendment.

That is why they did it. That is not why they said they did it. The FAA made it a flight Safety Restriction. Any newsies who don't believe them are welcome to take it to court. Wouldn't that make them look good.

So9

[Dialup Llama]

NASA didn't want any dead astronaut shots making it to the internet or on tv.

[tall_tex]

With your permission I would like to forward this to Milt.

Your words shook my soul. Tom

[ValerieUSA]

You are welcome to pass it on to anyone -- thank you.