I went to this University in 1974. The new football team was still struggling to make a place for itself after much effort. There nearly was no football team......because 4 years earlier......The plane carrying 37 members of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, eight members of the coaching staff, 25 boosters, and 5 flight crew members, crashed into a mountain. No one survived. The team was returning home after a 17–14 loss to the East Carolina Pirates at Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. At the time, Marshalls athletic teams rarely traveled by plane, since most away games were within easy driving distance of the campus. The team originally planned to cancel the flight, but changed plans and chartered the Southern Airways DC-9. The accident is the deadliest sports-related tragedy in U.S. history If you can get your hands on the movie We Are Marshall, with Matthew McConaughey, I encourage you to so so. It tells this story. And NO, I will never forget!
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 05:47:47 +0000
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