The Marshall Story: College Football's Greatest Comeback

On a dank, rainy evening in mid-November 1970, a Southern Airways jet carrying the Marshall football team home to Huntington, West Virginia, after a disappointing 17-14 loss at East Carolina, crashed just short of Tri-State Airport. Killed were 37 players, 33 staff members, coaches and boosters, and the five-person crew of the DC-9. A team of promise, was gone in an instant. The Marshall Story relates the true and inspiring story of how Marshall and a shocked community rebounded from the tragedy. The Marshall Story will make you weep and cheer. It's a tribute to those who sacrificed and those who persevered. But, most of all, The Marshall Story is a story of overcoming long odds and making it to the top. The Marshall Story is the true story behind the Warner Brothers. movie, We Are Marshall.