Shuttle Debris

By Wade Goodwyn

Published February 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports from Nacogdoches, in East Texas, where much of the debris from the shuttle Columbia has been collected over the last two days. Law enforcement officers have been guarding the material, and citizens have been delivering pieces of the wreckage to authorities.

Wade Goodwyn

Wade Goodwyn is an NPR National Desk Correspondent covering Texas and the surrounding states.

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