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.
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