Today is the annual memorial service at Marshall University to pay tribute to the 75 victims of the 1970 Marshall plane crash.
"The crash on Saturday, Nov. 14, 1970 occurred at about 7:47 p.m. when a DC-9 jetliner, returning Marshall home from its football game at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., clipped some treetops just short of Tri-State Airport and went down. Dawson coached in the game at ECU, but after the Herd’s 17-14 loss continued by car on a recruiting trip as the players, coaches and fans flew back to Huntington."
There will be a special screening of the movie, "We Are Marshall" tonight at the College Hall of Fame in South Bend.
I know that everyone is excited about the upcoming December premiere of the movie in Huntington. Early previews show that the film is respectful and honors the people whose lives were lost and the hope of a town that prevails.
