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Image: Columbia Shuttle Disaster  - FEMA Officials and ALERT surveys shuttle debris
San Augustine County, Texas, February 5, 2003 -- FEMA Official and members of the ALERT (Air Land Emergency Resource Team) Team B inspect shuttle material found by the team in San Augustine County, TX. Photo by Mark Wolfe/Released/FEMA News Photo