Washington, D.C. — A day later, they were able to laugh about it.
But in the moment, as the plane carrying Michigan’s basketball team was careening off a runway, the future suddenly in doubt for some of the 109 passengers on board, this was no joke.
“You guys know me: I’m a little goofy, always kidding around,” sophomore forward Moritz Wagner said, attempting to explain the emotions of what he described as the “craziest 24 hours” of his young life. “So I looked around and I was like, ‘This ain’t real.’ But then I saw the fear in some people’s eyes and I realized, ‘Oh, my God.