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Austin: Columbia Disaster Reminds America Again who First Responders Really Are

Feb. 2, 2003

By the time President Bush addressed the nation, first responders had been on the scene a full four hours.As America was awakening on Saturday morning, a tremendous sonic boom jolted much of Texas and several surrounding states. Within hours most of the world knew that the United States had suffered yet another tragedy of immense proportions.

Source Firehouse.com Contributor

By the time President Bush addressed the nation, first responders had been on the scene a full four hours.

As America was awakening on Saturday morning, a tremendous sonic boom jolted much of Texas and several surrounding states. Within hours most of the world knew that the United States had suffered yet another tragedy of immense proportions.