Many people in this deeply religious area saw it as divine providence that Columbia’s crew came to Earth in their community. Had the accident occurred anywhere else, the outcome might have been very different. Here, the people kept what they saw and experienced out of the press. They enfolded the NASA family in a respectful, loving, and healing embrace, and they rose to address a national tragedy in a manner that is difficult for outsiders to fully comprehend.
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