We Are Marshall a True Story

Marshall University Plane Crash We Are Marshall a True Story We are Marshall is currently being hot in the internet. This is an American 2006 drama film based on the true story. It was air tragedy on the November 14, 1970 in which members of the Marshal University football team (team, coaches, staff, members, crew members) died on a plane crash.

According tthe details story, the twin-engine, 95-seat Southern Airways DC flight 932 departed at 6:38 p.m. for Kinston carrying 75 Marshall University football players, coaches and fans. The plane was suddenly crashed during its flight killing all the passengers. This chartered and twin-engine flight was also accompanied with a crew of five including pilot, a first officer, two stewardesses and a charter coordinator when it was crashed.

The tragedy and the rebuilding efforts were dramatized in the 2006 Warner Brothers feature, We Are Marshall which opened in Huntington a week before its national release date. Many scenes in the movie were filmed on the campus and throughout Huntington.

Characters of the movie includes, Matthew McConaughey as Coach Jack Lengyel, Matthew Fox as Red Dawson, Anthony Mackie as Nate Ruffin, Kate Mara as Annie, January Jones as Carol Dawso, Ian McShane as Paul Griffin, and David Strathairn as Donald Dedmon.