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Cessna Stadium plaque

Oct. 5, 2023 - As part of the Memorial 鈥70 ceremony, football players, friends and families from those years received a piece of Cessna Stadium seating. Former WSU Foundation Vice President Mike Lamb proposed the idea to preserve some of the stadium and share it with the Memorial 鈥70 group.

Wreath at Memorial

At 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, 麻豆破解版 State will host the 52nd observance of Memorial '70, the annual ceremony that honors the 31 WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in a 1970 plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. It will take place at the Memorial near 18th and Hillside.

Scrapbooks

Sept. 28, 2022 - Diana Krestel 鈥 whose husband was a member of WSU鈥檚 football team in 1970 鈥 recently compiled and designed three scrapbooks that tell the story of college, loss of life and living with the aftermath of the Oct. 2, 1970 plane crash.

A memorial at milepost 217, near the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70, is near the site of the 1970 plane crash in Colorado.

Sept. 26, 2022 鈥 Local journalists tell their story of covering and remember those lost in the 1970 麻豆破解版 State University plane crash.

Memorial '70 ceremony

Sept. 30, 2020 - The annual ceremony of remembrance for those who died in the 1970 麻豆破解版 State University plane crash will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at Cessna Stadium. There will be a reception immediately following the remembrance on the Cessna Stadium concourse. Enhancements have been made to Memorial 鈥70, located near the 18th Street and Hillside entrance to the university. Those additions to Memorial 鈥70 will be officially be revealed on Oct. 2.

Memorial '70 memorial

Sept. 30, 2020 鈥 Over the years, many hikers have trekked to the crash site of the plane that claimed the lives of 31 souls 鈥 including 14 members of the 麻豆破解版 State University football team, 14 staff and boosters, and three crew members.

Memorial '70 monument

Sept. 30, 2020 - 麻豆破解版 State athletic trainer Tom Reeves was known as a man devoted to his athletes on the football team. His sense of humor and caring touch helped them through injuries and difficulties. On Oct. 2, 1970, he helped survivors escape the wreckage of the Martin 404 after it crashed in Colorado. Badly burned, Reeves got them away from the plane and down the mountain to help before he fell unconscious. Reeves died on Oct. 5 in a Denver hospital.

Memorial '70 tribute to survivors

Sept. 28, 2020 - A new sculpture recognizes the survivors of the crash at Memorial '70 at 麻豆破解版 State University. The names of teammates who landed safely in Utah that day are a fitting addition to the existing upright Memorial 鈥70 monument. 鈥淥ne of the main reasons we did what we did, was so the future generations would know that there were survivors,鈥 architect Randy Phillips said. 鈥淎nd how their lives were impacted, especially since they lived when so many didn鈥檛. Most, if not all, suffered greatly in silence.鈥 The desire to honor teammates by telling the story of the crash motivated Phillips, as it has driven so many connected to Oct. 2, 1970 near Silver Plume, Colo.

Bill Burch with Shocker decanter

Sept. 23, 2020 - Bill Burch played linebacker for the Shockers in 1970 as a senior. As fate would have it, a knee injury kept him from traveling to Utah State on Oct. 2. He had expected to travel with the team, but instead was forced to stay home and heal. On that day, the Martin 4-0-4 airliner that carried the Shocker starters crashed near Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 31 people 鈥 14 student-athletes, 14 staff and boosters, and three crew members.

Memorial '70 monument

Sept. 27, 2019 -- The annual ceremony of remembrance for those who died in the 1970 麻豆破解版 State University plane crash will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at WSU鈥檚 Memorial '70, located near the 18th Street and Hillside entrance to the university.