Seventeen years and four days have passed
The day the Space Shuttle Challenger
Exploded right before our eyes
Seven Astronout's lost their lives

Today flags are lowered at half staff
Space Shuttle Columbia's disappears
Pieces of the shuttle breaking away
Scattering all over Dallas, Texas

Forty miles above in the sky
Sixteen minutes before coming home to earth
Families waiting to welcome you home
Witness tragedy in the sky

Controlled by computers, data is gone
Dead silence as all screens are shut off
Knowing what they saw
Nasa now thinks the worst

President Bush rushes back to the White House
With a grim look on his face
Chilling words he confirms
Today seven people have lost their lives, a tragedy in the sky

The seven Astronouts to be remembered
Rick D Husband age 45
Kalpana Chawla age 41
William McCool age 41
Michael P Anderson age 43
David Brown age 46
Laurel Clark age 41
Ilan Ramon age 41

Heavenly Father your guidence and healing is needed so much, today these seven people leave behind mother's, father's, wife's, husband's, brother's, sister's and children.
To the families, the country is mourning your loss yet given remembrance of seven fine people and what they stood for.
May you all rest in peace, Amen

Nancy
02/01/2003