MU Fountain Ceremony with Michelle Craig

Fifty-five years ago, on a rainy Nov. 14, 1970, a chartered plane carrying 75 people, including members of the Marshall University football team, coaching staff, supporters and crew members, went down just short of Tri-State Airport. In an instant, the Thundering Herd, their families, and the Huntington community were forever changed. The tragedy left an immediate and lasting impact on the Marshall University family and the entire Huntington community. Michele Craig, daughter of Michael Prestera — a local businessman and delegate-elect to the West Virginia Legislature, who died in the crash — will serve as keynote speaker of the 55th Annual Memorial Fountain Ceremony, to be held at noon on Friday, Nov. 14, on the Memorial Student Center Plaza on Marshall’s Huntington campus.