Melissa Hasty, Director of Campus Ministry, reads the prayer at WSU's Football Memorial '70. This was the 49th annual ceremony in honor of the lives lost during the plane crash.
Bruce Gerleman looked out the window of his plane. What he saw wasn’t a pleasant sight. Oil was spilling from his plane’s engine.
Wichita State was traveling to Logan, Utah, for a game against Utah State in the upcoming days. It was a clear and calm day, and Gerleman’s plane, the second of two that was scheduled to land, arrived safely in Logan. The first plane, however, wasn’t at the airport.