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 Salute to recovery workers Posted: May 1, 2003 In an event to thank the people of East Texas and thousands of searchers, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, FEMA Coordinating Officer Scott Well, shuttle commander Eileen Collins and John Clark, husband of Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark, speak at the Lufkin Civic Center. The movies are available for our Spaceflight Now Plus service subscribers. Get your subscription today.
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NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe addresses the crowd at the Lufkin Civic Center, thanking the thousands of people responsible for locating and recovering pieces of space shuttle Columbia. (3min 54sec file)
Scott Well, coordinating officer from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that was vital in the Columbia recovery efforts, speaks during the ceremony and receives a gift from Sean O'Keefe. (2min 56sec file)
Veteran space shuttle astronaut and commander of the next planned shuttle mission, Eileen Collins, expresses thanks to the recovery crews. (2min 55sec file)
Representing the Columbia astronauts' families, Dr. John Clark, husband of STS-107 mission specialist Laurel Clark, gives thanks to the searchers. (2min 33sec file)