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tomi832 t1_j63s6h2 wrote

If you wanna hear a bit about the Israeli one, his family's sorrow didn't stop at his death.

His name is Ilan Ramon, and he was a pilot in the IAF before becoming an astronaut. He left behind his wife with 4 kids.

His eldest, Asaf, became a pilot just like him. In his last few months training to become a pilot, he flew an A-4 Skyhawk which had a problem and thankfully he ejected and survived, called it a miracle.

A few months later, while training for a mission, he probably had a black-out and died while crashing his F16, 6 years after his father died.

His close family lost two members in just a few shorts years, both from aerial accidents...

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