Webwith the u. s. Webwednesday at the world trade center, 9/11 victims' relatives will gather to remember loved ones, some with a poignant phrase: 'i never got to meet you. ' Webdecember 13, 1977, was described as “the night it rained tears. ” lawsuits were filed. Financial gifts poured in. Condolences arrived from president jimmy carter and across. Webit has been 45 years since the university of evansville basketball team tragedy when 29 ue basketball players, staff, broadcaster and flight crew lost their lives. Weba foggy, drizzling night 10 year ago was the night it rained tears for those who remember the plane crash that killed the entire university of evansville basketball. Webtoday, a memorial plaza on the university of evansville campus honors those who died in the crash. A fountain there is said to resemble a “weeping basketball. ” — forty years ago, the city of evansville stopped, kathy vonderahe said. She recalled the day 29 people —. Webtragedy struck the team, the university, and the evansville community when the plane carrying the purple aces crashed on december 13th, 1977 at 7:22 p. m.
