UPDATE 7:22 a.m. Saturday: Due to the weather, the annual remembrance at Memorial ’70 — set for 9 a.m. today — has been moved to room 266 in the Rhatigan Student Center.
By SALINA POST
WICHITA - Wichita State University will remember those lost when a plane carrying members of the Shocker football team, university staff, and supporters crashed in 1970.
The annual remembrance at Memorial ’70 is set for 9 a.m. Saturday. The memorial sculpture is located at the university entrance at Alumni Drive and Hillside (18th and Hillside).
During the annual ceremony, a wreath is placed at Memorial ’70 each Oct. 2. The brief ceremony honors the Wichita State football players, administrators and supporters who died in a plane crash Oct. 2, 1970.
Among them was Marvin Brown, a 19-year-old sophomore from Solomon. Brown was a running back who was one of the top sophomore prospects on the team, according to information on goshockers.com.
The WSU Gold plane, a Martin 404 carrying 36 passengers and a crew of four, crashed at approximately 3 p.m. on a mountain near Silver Plume, Colo., while en route to Logan, Utah, for a game with Utah State University. Twenty-nine people died at the scene, while two others died later after receiving medical attention for their injuries. The WSU Black plane landed safely in Utah.