Town Quietly Remembers Shuttle Disaster

February 1, 2008 By MONICA RHOR, Associated Press Writer Shuttle Disaster Memories Linger in Town (AP)

Debris from the space shuttle Columbia streaks across the sky over Tyler, Texas, in this Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003 file photo. Pices of the shuttle were scattered over East Texas with some debris falling in downtown Nacogdoches, Texas. Columbia disintegrated 39 miles over Texas as it returned from a 16-day mission five years ago this Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott Lieberman)

(AP) -- The bronze medallion embedded in the pavement behind the Commercial Bank of Texas is easy to overlook. About the size of a DVD, it barely registers as a bump for the cars pulling into the drive-thru window.

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