Columbia: The Tragedy That Shook East Texas and Shaped My Career

At 7:59 a.m. Central Time on Friday, February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry over rural East Texas, claiming the lives of seven astronauts.At that moment, I was just a college kid, sleeping off a night at the local bar, Jitterbugs. A sudden, deafening bang jolted me a

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