Mark Snyder
WASHINGTON — “Get down!” somebody screamed.
The airplane holding the Michigan basketball team skidded down the runway at Willow Run Airport on Wednesday afternoon, passing over a road, blasting through a chain-link fence, crashing into a ditch and coming to stop before a bunch of trees.
“Get off!”
The flight attendant opened the emergency door and Michigan basketball coach John Beilein went down the slide. As others ran for safety, Beilein stayed at the bottom of that slide, helping people, picking up children, staying remarkably calm, in a display of true courage and character.