Remembering Those Taken in OSU's Plane Crash

Oklahoma State lost four members of its community in a plane crash November 18, 2011: Women's basketball coach Kurt Budke, assistant Miranda Serna, and supporters Olin and Paula Branstetter.

  1. The news first came out at 8:05 AM November 18th. 
  2. Just saw this today, but excellent tribute cover to Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna by the OSU Student Newspaper. t.co/h9t7yCWw
  3. Everywhere the OSU women's team has gone, their opponents have paid tribute to their loss. 
  4. The coaches will be wearing orange ribbons tonight in honor of OSU coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna. #GoBulldogs t.co/VY2l4Uqi
  5. The crash had many thinking back to 2001, when the men's basketball team at OSU lost 10, including staff, players, and broadcasters. 
  6. Soon after the tragedy, this image could be found all over the Web: on facebook profiles, twitter, and countless blogs. 
  7. No need for a border. RIP Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna t.co/pL5Er9AZ
  8. The following Monday, the University community came together at Gallagher-Iba Arena to grieve, and remember, as a family. 
  9. ESPN's Elizabeth Merrill captures just what Coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna meant to both the University and the Stillwater community. 
  10. The current OSU women's basketball head coach has done his best to move on, while still remembering. 
  11. OSU men's basketball coach Travis Ford showed how much Coaches Budke and Serna meant to him. 
  12. Other OSU coaches also remembered the loss, and 2001's tragedy. 

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