DISASTER PROMPTS TEARS, ANGER IN VALLEY.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. residents at neighborhood gathering spots Sunday said they were overwhelmed, and even filled with fear, while reflecting on the Columbia space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. disaster at a time of such stress in the world. In Studio City, where crowds often gather at delis and coffee houses for Sunday breakfast with families, some residents found expressing their thoughts difficult a day after Saturday's tragedy. Elizabeth Levin and Conrad Jackson, both students at Loyola Marymount University Marymount University is a coeducational, four-year Catholic university whose main campus is located in Arlington, Virginia. History Marymount was founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) as Marymount College, a two-year women's school. strolling through Studio City, said the images of Columbia on television have left them numb. ``It seems like a blow to the U.S. right now,'' Levin said. ``We're filled with so much bad news.'' ``It's like your body doesn't know what to do anymore,'' Jackson said. ``Bad news almost rolls off the top of our heads.'' Lisa Boggio, also of Studio City, said she awoke on Saturday morning at 6 a.m., with a chilling feeling. Boggio said she had just watched a television series about John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Jr.'s death, and another one on the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. ``I was in high school when I saw Challenger,'' she said. ``It's so sad and weird, too, because there are so many anniversaries being commemorated, and now this.'' At Toluca Lake's Priscilla's Coffee, where screenwriters This is a list of screenwriters: A–F
``I just felt so bad for those families who were waiting for them to return after so long,'' said Talin Avanessian of Glendale. Sitting outside a Burbank Starbuck's, Camille Bourque expressed some anger toward the space program as she sat by a pile of newspapers, each one with images of white plumes etched etch v. etched, etch·ing, etch·es v.tr. 1. a. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid. b. across a blue sky. ``I've always had a feeling that that shuttle was too old,'' Bourque said. ``I'm surprised they were still using it. I feel like the space program now is in bad shape. It's very sad for the people, but every time I heard about the space shuttle landing before, they always seemed to talk about how it had been hit with debris.'' At a Studio City farmers market, members of the anti-war group Neighbors for Peace and Justice mingled among residents, to pass out stickers and petitions that asked Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members to
speak out against the war on Iraq.
With war a possibility in the near future and the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, still vivid, some residents said they felt overwhelmed. ``I cried half the day,'' said Ellen Butterfield, a Studio City resident and psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) - Conrad Jackson Pictured at right with Elizabeth Levin in Studio City |
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