Showing posts with label knute rockne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knute rockne. Show all posts

3.26.2007

Like A Rock...


The wind blows so hard it sounds like an ocean of wind, and all you can see for miles is open land and sky. His name is Easter, he is 89 years old and has been the unofficial caretaker of the Knute Rockne Memorial site where 8 people died in a plane crash in 1931. Easter was 13 when the crash happened and his family was first on the scene to help the people in the plane. Over 75 years later, Easter is still going to the crash site.

Rockne Crash Video -- (Current TV-Video)

The Rock is Gone -- (KAKE-Video)

Rockne Obituary -- (NYT)

3.05.2007

Knute Rockne was


born on March 4th in 1888. He DIED in a plane crash at age 43 in 1931.

In order to find his equal, an Irishman is *forced* to talk to God.

In order to find his equal, an Irishman is *forced* to talk to God.