A look at debris reported in Texas, Louisiana
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Highlights of the hundreds of reports of debris from the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia:
* Remains a hospital worker identified as a charred torso, thigh bone and skull on a road near Hemphill, Texas.
* Remains identified as a charred human leg on a farm, about 50 miles east of Nacogdoches, Texas.
* Intact, charred helmet and astronaut’s patch in San Augustine County, Texas.
* Piece of metal the size of a pickup truck found in a rural area of San Augustine County.
* Rounded piece of what appeared to be metal, about 4 feet by 5 feet, found on a rural highway in Neches, Texas.
* Foot-long metal bracket that smashed through a roof of a dentist’s office in Nacogdoches.
* Smoldering bundle of wires in a frontyard in Shreveport, La.
* Piece the size of a compact car reported splashing into Toledo Bend Reservoir on Texas-Louisiana state line.
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