Israeli Astronaut's Wife Says Daughter Had Premonition
Prime Minister Sharon Declares Ramon National Hero
POSTED: Monday, February 3, 2003
UPDATED: 6:29 pm EST February 3,
2003
The wife of first Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, said her daughter apparently had a premonition that she was going to lose her father during the Jan. 16 launch of shuttle Columbia.
Rona Ramon, spoke to the media for the first time since Saturday's tragedy.
"The only thing that haunts me now is that during the take off, while we were all in 'high', because it was such a wonderful and perfect event, my youngest daughter yelled 'I lost my daddy' and apparently she knew," Ramon said. "She is five years old. And that's the only thing that hurts."
Ramon's wife said she's consoled by the knowledge that the astronauts loved what they were doing and that they were a group of angels.
Ramon's parents and other family members left Israel for the United States to be with the family.
The family said a through investigation into what happened would help ease their pain.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has declared Ramon a national hero and vowed that more Israelis will fly in space.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Authorities release a chilling 911 call from a 19-year-old woman who hid in the back bedroom of a Central Florida home while four men attempted to break into the house.
An ex-wife of the man who found the remains of Caylee Anthony says that she thought her ex-husband was responsible for or involved in the girl's death.
Five people are dead after a mobile home fire broke out in Central Florida.
Dashcam video shows a Florida woman offering an officer sex instead of getting a ticket.
A 3-year-old boy was left stranded at a commuter train platform when a door on the train malfunctioned, separating the toddler from his dad. A good Samaritan stayed with the child until the father could return. (Nov. 20)
A woman tired of hearing her son say he lost another sock has come up with an idea to prevent it from happening again.
South Carolina police say an obese man died after not moving from his recliner for the past eight months. Police say the man's body was physically stuck to the chair and firefighters had to cut him out. He died a few hours later at the hospital.
An Oregon appeals court has ruled against an Oregon high school teacher who wants to take her gun to class. She has been battling for years and says she needs the gun for protection. (Nov. 20)
Take a quick look at the flicks headed to your multiplex. Check out the trailer, too.
Thirty Victoria's Secret supermodels take over New York's Times Square this week.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
