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Bill to set annual remembrance for Marshall plane crash

FILE - Marshall assistant football coach Red Dawson, center, sits alone during a memorial service at the Veterans Memorial Field House on Nov. 15, 1970, in Huntington, W.Va., honoring the 75 people killed in a plane crash. A bill has won final legislative approval Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in West Virginia, that would establish an annual day of recognition for the worst sports disaster in U.S. history, a plane crash that killed most of Marshall University's football team. (Lee Bernard/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File) FILE - Marshall players wear a "75" decal on their helmets as they take the field for an NCAA college football game against Middle Tennessee on Nov. 14, 2020, in Huntington, W.Va. The game took place on the 50th anniversary of the 1970 Marshall plane crash that killed all 75 persons aboard. The plane was carrying the Marshall University football team who were returning after a game against East Carolina. A bill has won final legislative approval Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in West Virginia, that would establish an annual day of recognition for the worst sports disaster in U.S. history. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File) FILE - A memorial plaque is displayed at the site of a 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people, including 36 Marshall football players, on Oct. 24, 2020, near Huntington, W.Va. A bill has won final legislative approval Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in West Virginia, that would establish an annual day of recognition for the worst sports disaster in U.S. history. (AP Photo/John Raby, File) FILE - Roses are placed along the edge of the Memorial Fountain honoring the 75 lives lost in the 1970 plane crash, as Marshall University hosts its 49th annual Memorial Fountain Ceremony on Nov. 14, 2019, in Huntington, W.Va. West Virginia could soon have a new holiday to memorialize 75 people killed in the Marshall University plane crash more than 50 years ago. Democratic Del. Sean Hornbuckle is the lead sponsor of the legislation, which passed the House Government Organization Committee on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File) FILE - Officials at the site of the Nov. 14, 1970, Marshall University plane crash at Tri-State Airport in Kenova, W.Va., secure a charred engine for removal to an airport hangar. West Virginia could soon have a new holiday to memorialize 75 people killed in the Marshall University plane crash more than 50 years ago. Democratic Del. Sean Hornbuckle is the lead sponsor of the legislation, which passed the House Government Organization Committee on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Jack Burnett/The Herald-Dispatch via AP) FILE - Parts of the engine lie on the ground after the Nov. 14, 1970, plane crash at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va., that killed 75 Marshall University football players, coaches, supporters and crew members. West Virginia could soon have a new holiday to memorialize 75 people killed in the Marshall University plane crash more than 50 years ago. Democratic Del. Sean Hornbuckle is the lead sponsor of the legislation, which passed the House Government Organization Committee on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Jack Burnett/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)
Bill to set annual remembrance for Marshall plane crash