Remembering an MU tragedy

Saturday will mark the 39th anniversary of the Marshall University plane crash that took the lives of 75 people.
The ceremony will take place at noon at the Memorial Student Center Plaza. Students should attend the memorial to pay their respects for those touched by this tragedy.
Even if no one lost in this crash was directly related to you or part of your family, they were part of your Marshall family, part of your Herd family. Athletes, coaches, staff, supporters and crew members were lost in this crash. Those people were someone’s son, someone’s father, someone’s wife. They were somebody’s somebody, and they are still remembered here with this ceremony.
The memorial service will include a keynote speaker, Joe Gillette, president of the Society of Yeager Scholars and a 1973 Marshall graduate who was on the 1969 football team as a freshman.
This plane crash connected everyone tied to Marshall. It impacted everyone, even those who weren’t alive when it happened, which is most of the students on campus today.
Despite our being generations behind this event, we still should respect and mourn the loss of these people. As we walk around campus today, they once did the same. They lived and died as Herd fans, and we should remember them for their dedication and memories they left behind.

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