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Searchers Find Significant Debris of Columbia
Aired February 05, 2003 - 07:12 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: NASA teams making significant finds in the hunt for clues in the cause of that disaster.
Maria Hinojosa has been tracking that search throughout the week. She is with us yet again this morning live in Hemphill, Texas, right near the Louisiana border.
Maria -- good morning.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Bill.
Well, yesterday was a productive day. They did encounter some of the debris from the fuselage, from the landing gear and the control panels. All of this material was immediately put under very, very tight security. People are concerned about the fact that they have to keep this under wraps. There have been some reports that some of this debris has been picked up.
Now, we know also that the nose cone that was found the day before yesterday has also been wrapped up. We're expecting today that it will be removed by a military helicopter, an extraordinarily heavy piece of material. We have not been told where it's going to be taken.
Six hundred volunteers and officials, federal officials, out combing the woods. A sense of progress, but we were also told yesterday that they've come up with an area of about 1,000 square feet that they have got to search. These are very dense woods, muddy, hilly. And we were told by officials yesterday that they have barely even begun to comb just 1 percent of that territory.
So, a real sense in this town that this is a very daunting task that's going to take a very long time. We're not talking days or weeks now, but perhaps even months. So, a lot of work ahead. The people of this town just realizing that this is a part of their lives that will not go away anytime soon -- Bill.
HEMMER: And as you point out so well, Maria, only the beginning coming up on day five a bit later today. Thanks, Maria -- Maria Hinojosa in Hemphill this morning.
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Aired February 5, 2003 - 07:12 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: NASA teams making significant finds in the hunt for clues in the cause of that disaster.
Maria Hinojosa has been tracking that search throughout the week. She is with us yet again this morning live in Hemphill, Texas, right near the Louisiana border.
Maria -- good morning.
MARIA HINOJOSA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Bill.
Well, yesterday was a productive day. They did encounter some of the debris from the fuselage, from the landing gear and the control panels. All of this material was immediately put under very, very tight security. People are concerned about the fact that they have to keep this under wraps. There have been some reports that some of this debris has been picked up.
Now, we know also that the nose cone that was found the day before yesterday has also been wrapped up. We're expecting today that it will be removed by a military helicopter, an extraordinarily heavy piece of material. We have not been told where it's going to be taken.
Six hundred volunteers and officials, federal officials, out combing the woods. A sense of progress, but we were also told yesterday that they've come up with an area of about 1,000 square feet that they have got to search. These are very dense woods, muddy, hilly. And we were told by officials yesterday that they have barely even begun to comb just 1 percent of that territory.
So, a real sense in this town that this is a very daunting task that's going to take a very long time. We're not talking days or weeks now, but perhaps even months. So, a lot of work ahead. The people of this town just realizing that this is a part of their lives that will not go away anytime soon -- Bill.
HEMMER: And as you point out so well, Maria, only the beginning coming up on day five a bit later today. Thanks, Maria -- Maria Hinojosa in Hemphill this morning.
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