February 1, 2006 marks the three year anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. On the mission was Colonel Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli Astronaut, and the subject of the documentary film 'The Journey of the Tiny Torah' which Herzog Cowen Entertainment is currently working on.
Introduction:
Dawn is breaking on the morning of February 1, 2003 above West Texas. Suddenly the peace of the early morning is shattered by two loud bangs. The Space Shuttle Columbia is announcing its return home, causing sonic booms as it streaks across the sky at three times the speed of sound. The shuttle is speeding toward a Florida homecoming. But in an instant, onlookers below and controllers in Houston are stunned at what they see. Something has gone horribly wrong. The shuttle has broken up, vanished! Gone is its precious cargo of seven astronauts from around the world. Among them, Col. Ilan Ramon, Israel's first Astronaut.
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