Overview
- On Jan. 27, 2001, a charter flight returning to Stillwater from a game in Colorado crashed in a field about 40 miles east of Denver, killing all 10 onboard.
- The victims were pilot Denver Mills, co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom, and eight members of the basketball program, including players Nate Fleming and Dan Lawson.
- The university maintains a memorial inside Gallagher-Iba Arena and leads the Remember the Ten initiative, joined by a crash-site memorial in Colorado and an annual run.
- Anniversary features revisit the community’s response, highlighting Coach Eddie Sutton’s personal outreach to families and teammates finding solace by gathering to play at Gallagher-Iba.
- KOCO plans an interview with OSU athletic director Chad Weiberg to honor his brother Jared and reflect on a quarter-century of remembrance.