Sunday, March 15, 2009

Fl Trip Day 9 Launch!!






So before you know it, WOW! You hear the roar, then you feel it. The launch time was around 7:20 PM so there is still some light visible in sky but then their is this brightness, so bright that it is like the sun is now appearing out of the horizon. You want to look at it and see every moment. It's going up, my goodness yes, it's up they are launching Mr. Tony is flying. I am so inspired that I am crying, filled with joy and excitement... so happy for my friends to know what they have gone through and sacrificed to get here. This has been his life's work to get to this point, and now here it is. Zhivanna sees me crying and gets herself all teary eyed and shouts to the sky, "Mr. Tony we love you! Be safe we don't want anything to happen to you, Michael and Danny's dad!"
I turn to her and say he is fine, he is an astronaut, and he is up, up, up. I look over my shoulder to see our friends who are hollering and shouting, clapping like the rest of the guests. It is just amazing to see this huge rocket blast into space. They go higher and higher and you can still see them. They continue to climb, Glenn sees me with the tears and takes a moment to check in and ask if I am alright, and then he continues to video. The two solid rocket boosters now separate and we can see them these two lights in the sky floating away. And we can still see it. By now they are somewhere over Spain, wow! Incredible.

Mike & Garrett give us the commentary, a quick pick of the kids right before the launch, we have light and a blast of sound, more brightness like the sun, yes...lift off!

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