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Israel mourns loss of astronaut.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| February 01, 2003 | Nelson, Soraya Sarhaddi | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

JERUSALEM _ Israel's first astronaut, Col. Ilan Ramon, lifted his troubled country's spirits from the moment the space shuttle Columbia blasted off Jan. 16.

They crashed to earth on Saturday along with the debris from the Columbia.

Ramon's proud father, Eliezer Wolferman, 79, was cut off in the midst of a live interview Saturday on Jerusalem's Channel Two.

"We will talk about that later," the interviewer said. "There is a news flash."

"I couldn't believe that he actually died," Nir Frieman, a ninth-grader, said Saturday. "I kept hoping there'd be a parachute or something. The saddest part is ...

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