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The 1970 Wichita State football team.

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Rescue workers remove victims from the crash scene in Colorado.

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A Colorado highway patrolman looks over the wreckage near Loveland Basin ski area.

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Wreckage smolders on a mountain side in Colorado.

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Members of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group carry a victim from the scene.

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A charred football helmet photographed at the scene of the 1970 crash in Colorado.

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Charred shoulder pads at the scene of the 1970 crash.

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Survivor Mike Bruce is treated in a Denver hospital.

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A letter and contribution were the first for a football memorial fund.

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Assistant coach Chuck Ramsey carries survivors' gear from the hospital.

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People in 1970 sign condolences to victims of the WSU plane crash.

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Glen Kostal, a player for WSU, leaves a Denver hospital after treatment.

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Crash survivor John Hoheisel watches his teammates practice.

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The site of the WSU plane crash near Loveland Pass in Colorado photographed in 1990.

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In this photo from 2000, someone has placed a WSU Alumni license plate next to the bronze and stone slab bearing the names of the people killed in the 1970 crash of an airplane carrying WSU football players, coaches, and WSU supporters.

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Brian Corn / The Wichita Eagle

A bronze and stone slab bearing the names of the people killed in the1970 crash of an airplane carrying WSU football players, coaches, and WSU supporters sits at the base of the mountain where the plane crashed near Loveland, Colorado.

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Brian Corn / The Wichita Eagle

A bronze and stone slab bearing the names of the people killed in the 1970 crash sits at the base of the mountain where the plane crashed near Loveland, Colorado. Behind the marker is a trail leading up the mountain where wreckage still remains.

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Brian Corn / The Wichita Eagle