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Rockies announcer Jerry Schemmel will cycle 112 miles with a heavy heart to remember the 1989 Iowa plane crash

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Jerry Schemmel’s solitary bike ride Thursday, down the Front Range from Littleton to the Air Force Academy and back again, will give him plenty of time to think. And there is a lot to think about.

The Rockies radio announcer plans to ride exactly 112 miles to honor the 28th anniversary of the crash of Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa — one mile for each victim. Schemmel was a passenger on a United DC-10 flying from Denver to Chicago on July 19, 1989, when the plane lost hydraulic power and a rear engine exploded. It crashed in cartwheels through a cornfield, killing 112 people on board.