"One of the boys, Barry Nash was one of the six. They were buried in a cemetery overlooking Marshall. He said dad I would rather stay with my friends on the plane." He made a decision you don't think about at the time. As he's coming off the field his dad was there and the family and they said Bob why don't you ride back with us and be with the family. "Bob Harris, no relation, he was a backup quarterback and a third wide receiver. "After the game, he said coach, I haven't seen my son in a long time, is it OK if I fly back with you so I can sit with my son?" "I talk quite a bit about how I got to Marshall University and then individual stories that were not in the movie because there were people who were on the manifest of the plane that crashed that were not on the manifest the plane that flew down."Īrt Harris, Jr.'s father, Art Harris, Sr. decided at the game to fly back with his son. Now he's also working on a book he's trying to get published. When the movie "We Are Marshall" came out in 2006 about the 1971 team's come back after the tragedy, Carl started giving motivational speeches. He continued to teach there but went on to coach at Westminster College for 24 years until he retired in 2000. He taught at Brookfield High and coached track and football there until 1976. She kept repeating over and over, they're all dead oh my God they're all dead."Ĭarl and two of the other surviving coaches went on to coach the 1971 team but after that season he and his wife Rose Mary decided to bring their kids home to Brookfield to be close to their families. "I called my wife and I said Rose what happened and she was sort of crying and she kept repeating over and over. Seventy-five people died most of the players and coaches, crew and fans. The plane crashed on a rainy hill side about a mile from the Huntington airport killing everyone on board. "It came on the radio again and it said there was a fatal crash of an airplane and it gave the time the plane should have been landing and I turned to Mickey and said Mickey that's our plane," said Kokor. He and another assistant coach, Mickey Jackson, were not at the Marshall and East Carolina game in Greenville, North Carolina because they were scouting Ohio University at Penn State. Novemis a day ingrained into the hearts of many, especially former Marshall University assistant coach Carl Kokor. BROOKFIELD, Ohio - Forty-one years ago, most of the Marshall University football team was killed in the worst single air tragedy in NCAA sports history.Ģ1 News co-anchor/reporter Leslie Barrett spoke with one of the four coaches who wasn't on the plane that day who now lives in Brookfield.
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