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Talk of CNN: Shuttle Disaster Being Felt All Over Nation
Aired February 04, 2003 - 05:56 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The shuttle disaster is being felt in so many parts of our nation. Let's talk about that with Andy and Alison and the morning crew from radio station WIVK in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Good morning.
ANDY: Good morning.
ALISON: Good morning.
ANDY: How are you?
COSTELLO: You know, I'm fine. It just goes to show what a small world it is.
ANDY: You know, it really is, because the space shuttle obviously touched folks all over the country, and especially here in Tennessee because of Laurel Clark. Some of their family lives in Kingsport just north of Knoxville here. And, of course, this is a big technology area with Oak Ridge National Laboratories here. There are a lot of ties to the NASA industry here in Knoxville.
COSTELLO: Was Laurel Clark's family -- I'm sure some members was watching the landing on that fateful day.
ANDY: In fact, a lot of the family had been flown down to, you know, there where the landing was supposed to take place to see all that going on and were there when it all happened. And then Dave Clark, who lives in Kingsport, was going down later on for services and things like that that'll be happening, you know, this week, because they all live up here in this area.
But it's just, it's a sad thing for the country and especially this area.
COSTELLO: You know, I just can't imagine watching that and knowing that your loved one has died right before your eyes and then the family sent this letter saying the space program should go on and the missions should continue.
ANDY: You know, it's interesting to note that that is a common thread throughout all of the folks you talk to who are involved with the space program and the families of the astronauts. They know that there was a risk involved and they went on anyway and they wanted to continue. I think that's, that shows the bravery and the commitment of the folks involved in the space program. COSTELLO: Oh boy, you're not kidding.
Hey, any memorials planned for your area?
ANDY: You know, right now I think a lot of the nation really are turning their eyes to the memorials going on around the country. None specifically here. But that could, of course, change in the near future. When all of the major things happen there, there may be some more local things that happen here in Knoxville.
COSTELLO: I'm sure that's so.
Andy and Alison, thanks for joining us this morning on DAYBREAK.
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Aired February 4, 2003 - 05:56 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The shuttle disaster is being felt in so many parts of our nation. Let's talk about that with Andy and Alison and the morning crew from radio station WIVK in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Good morning.
ANDY: Good morning.
ALISON: Good morning.
ANDY: How are you?
COSTELLO: You know, I'm fine. It just goes to show what a small world it is.
ANDY: You know, it really is, because the space shuttle obviously touched folks all over the country, and especially here in Tennessee because of Laurel Clark. Some of their family lives in Kingsport just north of Knoxville here. And, of course, this is a big technology area with Oak Ridge National Laboratories here. There are a lot of ties to the NASA industry here in Knoxville.
COSTELLO: Was Laurel Clark's family -- I'm sure some members was watching the landing on that fateful day.
ANDY: In fact, a lot of the family had been flown down to, you know, there where the landing was supposed to take place to see all that going on and were there when it all happened. And then Dave Clark, who lives in Kingsport, was going down later on for services and things like that that'll be happening, you know, this week, because they all live up here in this area.
But it's just, it's a sad thing for the country and especially this area.
COSTELLO: You know, I just can't imagine watching that and knowing that your loved one has died right before your eyes and then the family sent this letter saying the space program should go on and the missions should continue.
ANDY: You know, it's interesting to note that that is a common thread throughout all of the folks you talk to who are involved with the space program and the families of the astronauts. They know that there was a risk involved and they went on anyway and they wanted to continue. I think that's, that shows the bravery and the commitment of the folks involved in the space program. COSTELLO: Oh boy, you're not kidding.
Hey, any memorials planned for your area?
ANDY: You know, right now I think a lot of the nation really are turning their eyes to the memorials going on around the country. None specifically here. But that could, of course, change in the near future. When all of the major things happen there, there may be some more local things that happen here in Knoxville.
COSTELLO: I'm sure that's so.
Andy and Alison, thanks for joining us this morning on DAYBREAK.
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