One day in 1992, I was drawing maps at my draughting table at our Forestry office, listening to CBC radio when breaking news interrupted the regular program. It said that in Evansville, Indiana, a plane crashed into a nearby motel during takeoff, killing 16. That is the airport we always used when traveling to Evansville.
The report instantly reminded me of a similar crash that happened in 1977 when a plane carrying members of the University of Evansville basketball team crashed after taking off at the Evansville Regional Airport. The coach and all of the traveling basketball players on the team were killed.
Only one member of that basketball team remained alive, because he had not been on the plane. His name was David Furr and he had not gone with the team because of an ankle injury. In a bizarre twist of fate, David was killed two weeks later in an automobile accident.
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