Woody Tressel Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Prayers sent to the Oklahoma State Community and their families. http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7250025/oklahoma-state-cowboys-coach-kurt-budke-assistant-miranda-serna-illed-plane-crash Quote Link to comment
Omaha-Husker Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 One athletic program with two plane crashes in a decade. Sad news. Quote Link to comment
TonyStalloni Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Thats a sad piece of news. My prayers go to the families of the coaches and pilot. Quote Link to comment
ShawnWatson Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I am in no way trying to be disrespectful, but what was an 82 year old doing piloting a plane? Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I am in no way trying to be disrespectful, but what was an 82 year old doing piloting a plane? 82 year olds do far more dangerous things all the time (they drive cars). If the people in the plane trusted him then he was obviously healthy and mentally able as far as they knew. Quote Link to comment
ladyhawke Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 So sad: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45354850/ns/sports-college_basketball/ Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 STILLWATER, Okla. - The Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach and his assistant were killed when the single-engine plane transporting them on a recruiting trip crashed in steep terrain in Arkansas, the university said Friday. Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna died in the accident Thursday afternoon in the Winona Wildlife Management Area near Perryville, about 45 miles west of Little Rock. The pilot, 82-year-old former Oklahoma state Sen. Olin Branstetter, and his 79-year-old wife, Paula, also died when the plane sputtered, spiraled out of control and nosedived into the forest. There were no survivors. What a terrible tragedy. Quote Link to comment
Nexus Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Horrible news. Condolences to all the families affected by this tragedy. Hard to fathom that this same tragedy struck OSU's men's basketball team 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Heard the news on the radio on the drive home from work...sounds like the canopy came off on takeoff and they lost control. Terrible news. The station out of Topeka played an interview they'd done with Budke two or so years ago, he sounded like a great man. What a loss. Quote Link to comment
huskerscott Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Prayers go out to all those affected of this tragic accident. When I heard the news yesterday morning as I was listening 1620, I almost started crying and thought out loud....... "Not again?!?!" Quote Link to comment
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