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| Oh my. Condolences to all involved.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 9:39 am ::: |
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| Awful news. Prayers go out to the Oklahoma State family.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 9:42 am ::: |
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| Truly devastating.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 10:01 am ::: |
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| Oh, no. That's awful.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 10:22 am ::: |
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| I'm keeping the OK State family in my thoughts and prayers.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 10:35 am ::: |
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| Posted: 11/18/11 10:59 am ::: |
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| This kind of story is never anything but horrible, but....TWICE to the same school? Unbelievable....
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| Posted: 11/18/11 11:08 am ::: |
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| As I said when I posted this on the RU board, it's easy to forget that college coaches spend an incredible amount of time on the road seeing potential recruits, often in places that are not that easy to reach, which means relying on small planes or driving on roads they don't know at all hours. It's something of a miracle that more events like this don't occur. It doesn't make it any less sad, of course, but it's a reminder of how hard these jobs really are.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 11:16 am ::: |
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Devastating. I feel so sad for those coaches, their families, and the OSU women's basketball players, who must be going through just an unimaginable level of grief right now. Condolences to all including everyone here who lives for WCBB._________________ Every woman who has ever been presented with a career/sex quid pro quo in the entertainment industry should come forward and simply say, “Me, too.” - jammer The New York Times 10/10/17 |
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| Posted: 11/18/11 11:17 am ::: |
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| Howee wrote: |
| This kind of story is never anything but horrible, but....TWICE to the same school? Unbelievable.... |
That was my first thought. This is truly tragic for all.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 11:43 am ::: |
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Our WBB community is small, and I think that makes us feel connected in a way that perhaps some other "bigger" sports don't.
I never met Kurt or Miranda. I never even saw them coach in person. But I just feel sick today from this terrible terrible news.
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| Budke, born June 3, 1961, leaves wife, Shelley, daughter Sara, who is a student at Oklahoma State, and sons Alex and Brett. |
Prayers and sympathy to those who suffered most from this tragedy.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 1:23 pm ::: |
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| They've now identified the pilot and the other passenger: Olin and Paula Branstetter. Mr. Branstetter was reported to have been the pilot, but his wife also was a qualified pilot. It was their plane.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 1:37 pm ::: |
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My thoughts and prayers go out to all those at Oklahoma State. There really are no words.
When I first heard the news this morning on the radio, driving to work, I began to cry. I don't know anyone there and didn't follow the team too closely, but I suppose it hit home because we lost part of our women's basketball "family." Very sad day indeed.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 2:02 pm ::: |
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This really stings. Never met Kurt Budke but anyone from Louisiana Tech tends to be awesome bunch of people.
But the plane crashes happened to men's & women's teams at Oklahoma State out of thousands colleges? The odds of this happenstance is ... astronomical. Yet it happened.
Still hard to believe this at all. It may take a long time for OSU to recover from this tragedy, especially women's basketball program.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 2:52 pm ::: |
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This is sad.
Anybody know who the player was that they were going to see? She's got to be going through a lot too.
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| Posted: 11/18/11 3:18 pm ::: |
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| I pray for the family and friends, the OSU family, the LA Tech community and all the people that they have touched.
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