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Local reaction varied as public learns of crash
Published: February 2, 2003
A Temple woman said uneasy thoughts of a terrorist attack crossed her mind when she watched the space shuttle Columbia break apart as it descended through the atmosphere during re-entry Saturday. Irma Quinteros, 53, and her nephew, Erin Vasquez, 8, sat in her car Saturday morning waiting for soccer practice at the Korompai Soccer Field on East Adams Avenue to begin when they saw it. She said it was Erin who saw it first and pointed it out to her in complete agitation.