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Here in Evansville there are plenty of Hoosier fans, but we also love our Purple Aces. Tomorrow will be the 40th anniversary of a very tragic day in all of Evansville history. It was on that day that it "rained tears", when the university lost the entire team, coaches, players, media people and some fans when their plane crashed shortly after taking off from our local airport. Sadly, everyone perished on that plane

RIP

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13 hours ago, 5fouls said:

I was 12 years old.  I remember my father telling me about the crash as I was getting ready for school.  Being from Southeastern Indiana, I didn't know much about the Aces at the time, but, as a huge basketball fan, the news still had a profound effect on me. 

If u don't mind me asking where in Southeastern Indiana did u grow up 

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14 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Clark County.  So, technically not 'Eastern' in the sense of being just outside Cincinnati.  But,  technically, if you go due east of Clark County, you do end up in Kentucky, so we have always considered ourselves Southeast.   

I grew up near Lawrenceburg. Thought u might have been from that area.

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