Families, spectators and news crews all gathered on the Space Coast Feb. 1, 2003, expecting to witness the return of Space Shuttle Columbia and the seven astronauts on board. Instead, WESH 2 archive news coverage of the day shows the confusion and horror as everyone realized the crew wouldn't be coming home.

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