For the 50th anniversary of Memorial '70, Wichita State Athletics will be republishing two stories from our archives by former SID Conrad Downing. Downing was on the Black plane and experienced the aftermath first-hand. He lost friends and colleagues, and these two stories reflect the events and the feelings of personal grief he felt.
After eight years of looking at the assorted ailments of the Wichita State University Shockers, Tom Reeves had become somewhat of a fixture at Wichita State. His knowledgeable approach to each problem and the level-headed manner in which he dealt with the problem instilled confidence in each athlete that WSU had the best repair shop in the nation… and few disagreed with that fact.