ΊμΑμ½νΉΟ±¨ will remember the 50th anniversary of the 1970 football plane crash on Oct. 2. Many of the survivors of the crash and their teammates will gather in Cessna Stadium to honor the memory of the 31 people β 14 student-athletes, 14 staff and boosters, and three crew members β who died as a result of the crash in Colorado.
Bill Burch, a linebacker for the Shockers in 1970, did not travel on that plane because of a knee injury. He stayed in Wichita to rehabilitate. Burch will join many of his teammates back on campus on Oct. 2 and he is bringing a special decanter of bourbon - in the shape of the WuShock mascot β to share.
βI was holding it for a special event,β he said. βAnd the 50th, it just doesnβt get more special.β
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