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Image: Columbia Shuttle Disaster - National Guard and Texas DPS Officers search for shuttle material
Hemphill, Texas, February 5, 2003 -- National Guard troops and Texas Department of Public Safety Officers search for shuttle material in the woods near Hemphill, TX . Photo by Mark Wolfe/Released/FEMA News Photo