We Are Marshall Page #3

Hey, watch the hose!

Got the president of the university here!

Oh, my God in heaven.

Oh, my God.

Come on.

Let's go.

-Hey, get behind the ropes!

-Just tell us the name of the airline!

-lf l knew anything, l'd tell you!

-Just look at the front of the plane!

Son, there is no

front of the plane anymore.

Bring another hose down here!

No, stay back. Stay up there! No!

-Let's go!

-Nate! Nate Ruffin!

This our boys' plane?

This our boys' plane?!

lt's so terrible.

You didn't get my message?

Marshall University in West Virginia

is in a state of shock today...

...following the terrible tragedy of last

Saturday night's crash of a chartered airline.

Seventy-five people died in the wreckage.

The football team, the coaches...

...and some prominent residents

traveling with the team....

These were beautiful young men...

...and it's just a tragedy

that is beyond all comprehension.

No one of us will ever

enter this stadium...

...without thoughts of them.

And so, our Lord, grant them

eternal rest and peace...

...which enables them

at this very moment...

...to look upon us here

and smile and be with us.

This is our faith, this is our hope.

Amen.

Those were not welcome days.

We buried sons...

...brothers...

...mothers...

...fathers...

...fiancs.

Clocks ticked, but time did not pass.

The sun rose and the sun set.

But the shadows remained.

When once there was sound...

...now there was silence.

What once was whole...

...now is shattered.

Have you mentioned this

to any of the other board members?

A few. Most of them

would prefer not to think about it.

l can understand that sentiment.

lt doesn't make sense to rush

right back into it, you know?

Our coaching staff, gone.

Our athletic department, gone.

So many of our boosters, gone.

We'd have to start

all over again from scratch.

My God, we don't have the resources

or the manpower right now.

l know all the reasons

to suspend the program, Paul.

l'm just surprised to hear it

coming from you.

This town just didn't lose

a football team, Don.

We lost doctors, lawyers,

city councilmen.

We lost fathers, sons, husbands.

How many kids lost a parent?

How many kids lost both parents?

-Twenty-eight.

-Wouldn't be a game anymore, Don.

Be a weekly reminder of what we've lost.

And l just don't see how that would

do anyone in this town any good.

Somebody's going to

have to tell them, Paul.

All your scholarships will still be honored.

Boys, it's very important that

we take a collective breath, as a town...

...and figure out the

proper course of action.

And you think the proper course of action

is ending the program?

l didn't say we were going to end the

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