(Newsday) Jimmy Breslin - Ilan Ramon's father, Eliezer Wolferman, had been in Florida for the launch, but "Ilan told his father that he didn't know where he was going to land," his neighbor said. "California or Florida or Texas. He said you can't be sure with the weather. The father could be waiting for him in Texas and instead he lands in California. He told his father to go home and watch it on television." Wolferman had driven to the Israel Television Channel 2 station outside of Tel Aviv where he was interviewed prior to watching his son land. The father was in the studio watching the screen when everything went wrong. The come-down clock counted down to zero and then it did not stop.
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