FOR PITS' SAKE // NASA Space Shuttle Columbia Anniversary Memorial

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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Memorial
...One year after the disaster
Time: 31 minutes

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Memorial
NASA Lynne Engelbert speech excerpt
Time: 6 minutes

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Memorial
Astronaut Joe Tanner speech excerpt
Time: 7 minutes

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Memorial
Kristine's intro and speech excerpt
Time: 14 minutes

NASA Space Shuttle Columbia Anniversary Memorial

The world watched with horror, sadness and tears as seven astronauts perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy on Saturday February 1, 2003. As our country mourned, a massive recovery effort was underway to recover debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia scattered across eastern Texas and western Louisiana. In addition to the shuttle debris, a recovery effort was launched to recover the crew members of the Space Shuttle Columbia. My Pit Bull search dog, Dakota, and I were deployed by FEMA on February 3, 2003, to east Texas as part of the Task Force sent to search for astronauts Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawa, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon. Dakota and I were there for 10 days and the pressure to perform flawlessly was incredible. We had a duty to bring our astronauts home; to provide closure for their families...and to our nation.

Kris & Dakota
Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster - Feb 2003

To view my tribute to the Columbia 7 "Journey to the Heavens"
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