Bluffton College Baseball Bus wreck

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Coach injured in bus wreck goes home

Thu Mar 15, 12:30 PM ET

ATLANTA - A college baseball coach injured in a bus crash that killed five of his players and injured 28 was released from the hospital Thursday, and said the hardest part was not being able to be with his close-knit team to help them grieve.

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Just heard that Bluffton is going to play this season.

Their first game will be March 31st.

 

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Ohio team shattered by crash plays ball

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

BLUFFTON, Ohio - Some players who survived a bus crash that killed five teammates said they wanted their first game since the accident to be about baseball, but it was much more than that.

"The whole season is for the five of them," team captain Ryan Baightel said after the game. "We owe it to them not just to play but to compete.

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Dispatch

Bluffton moves on, reflects on anniversary of tragedy

Monday, March 3, 2008 2:59 AM
By Mitch Stacy


ASSOCIATED PRESS
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Bluffton University played its season-opening baseball game yesterday on a suburban high school diamond, with the bleachers behind the backstop filled mostly with families and friends of the players. But the enormity of the event wasn't lost.
On the same day last year, a horrific crash of the team's charter bus in Atlanta killed five Bluffton players and two others and forever changed everyone from the small Ohio college who survived it.
Bluffton was scheduled to play the same team, Eastern Mennonite University, on the same field later on the day of the crash. So yesterday's game was about moving forward while reflecting on the past.



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Dispatch

Bluffton moves on, reflects on anniversary of tragedy

Monday, March 3, 2008 2:59 AM
By Mitch Stacy


ASSOCIATED PRESS
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Bluffton University played its season-opening baseball game yesterday on a suburban high school diamond, with the bleachers behind the backstop filled mostly with families and friends of the players. But the enormity of the event wasn't lost.
On the same day last year, a horrific crash of the team's charter bus in Atlanta killed five Bluffton players and two others and forever changed everyone from the small Ohio college who survived it.
Bluffton was scheduled to play the same team, Eastern Mennonite University, on the same field later on the day of the crash. So yesterday's game was about moving forward while reflecting on the past.



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I actually talked to their coach right before they left on the trip to Florida. Seems like a real nice guy. I wished him luck on the trip.

 

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From Bluffton's official site:

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March 12: A Service of Remembrance will be held for the Bluffton University campus to reflect on the events of March 2, 2007, and remember the lives of Bluffton?s five student-athletes. This event will be held in Founders Hall at 7 p.m. and will be open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Earlier in the day, the Circle of Remembrance, the lasting memorial at the baseball field, will be dedicated in a private event for the 2007 team, their families and the bereaved families. The Circle of Remembrance will be open to the public at 6 p.m.