December 31, 2007
More Than Just Football
It's no secret I love football movies.
Well today, I've seen one of the best ones I've ever seen.
I know the story of what happened that November in 1970, mainly because I have a very good friend who grew up in Huntington, and attended Marshall.
What happened?
"Southern Airways Flight 932 was a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 commercial jet flying from Kinston, NC (ISO) to the Huntington-Tri-State/Milton Airport (HTS) in Ceredo, West Virginia. At 7:35 PM on November 14, 1970, the aircraft crashed into a hill just short of the Tri-State Airport, killing all seventy-five on board. The plane was carrying the thirty-seven members of team, eight members of the coaching staff, twenty-five boosters, four flight crew members, and one employee of the charter company.
Because it was the team's only chartered flight of the season, many boosters and prominent citizens were on the plane, including a city councilman, a state legislator, and four of the city's six physicians. Seventy children lost one parent in the crash, and an additional 18 were orphaned."
So it's not just a "football" movie. It's about over coming. It's about going on. It's about healing.
And so you know......I still LOVE to watch The Thundering Herd take the field......
Posted by Tammi at December 31, 2007 03:51 PM | TrackBack
My daughter knows the little boy who played one of McConaughey's sons in that movie. They had some really cute pictures with Matthew!
Posted by: Mrs. Who at December 31, 2007 05:26 PMHappy New Year, Tammi!!!!
Posted by: Jerry at December 31, 2007 07:17 PMThere is only one thing I love more than football and that is football movies. I love this one and "Remember the Titans", and "The Program"
Posted by: Lukie at December 31, 2007 08:03 PM