We Are Marshall Movie

We Are Marshall is a 2006 film based on a true story. It is based on the November 14 1970 air tragedy where members of the Marshal University football team (team, coaches, staff, members, crew members) died on a plane crash.

35 years later, it is immortalized by Warner Bros. and Thunder Road Pictures in the We Are Marshall film. Characters of the said 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 Dawson

• Ian McShane as Paul Griffin

• David Strathairn as Donald Dedmon

While here is a video clip of the movie:

Parkersburg Tornado Documentary

Tonight’s “20/20? takes a look back at the Parkersburg, Iowa tornado of May 25, 2008.  One of my friends, a storm chaser named Ben McMillan, was one of the first people on the scene after the tornado decimated the town.  He’s one of the people talked to in the show.

20/20 airs tonight at 9pm on ABC -  just make sure you change the channel back to 13 afterwards for 13News 10 at 10!