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Big Ten Tournament: Michigan wins more than a game after frightening plane crash

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tears welled up in Michigan coach John Beilein’s eyes in the hallway Thursday at Verizon Center as he described seeing his daughter after a Big Ten Tournament win.

Less than 24 hours earlier, Beliein helped Michigan players, band members and cheerleaders safely exit their plane after it skidded off the runway and crashed into a fence at windy Willow Run Airport. Everyone could smell the jet fumes as they evacuated.