On March 2nd a terrible incident occured in Atlanta. A bus carrying the Bluffton University's baseball team broke through a barrier on the interstate and fell from the overpass to the road below. Six people aboard the bus perished and nearly all of the other travelers were injured.
The team was on it's way to a 10-game tournament in Fort Meyers, Florida. This group of guys worked very hard to raise the needed money to fund the trip. The baseball team, as well as the university itself, is very involved in the surrounding community. This time is not only hard for the team members and coaches who lost their fellow teammates, but also very hard for the families, the university, and the community who cares so much for the school.
This is a tragic and horrible incident that, to me, isn't getting enough press time. Perhaps this story is getting lost in all the hype of college basketball and March Madness? As discussed in class, all the talk about brackets and tournament time came two weeks early this year. Is this what is overshadowing the bus crash that is rocking a small university in Ohio?
I am attaching a link to a great story about the incident I found on ESPN.com. I am glad that ESPN is still giving some light to the story; however, I found this story not in the 'Headlines" category but much further down the page. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2786749
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I always hate seeing that sort of thing happen, and not just because it's a tragedy. As someone who traveled across the country and back numerous times by bus, I can tell you that the potential for catastrophe in a bus accident is huge.
Most of these buses are not designed to "crash well". Coach buses, where it's all seats, have no seat belts to speak of, and normally are packed with equipment and other items that become flying projectiles in a crash. Sleeper buses are even more dangerous, because of the small spaces that occupants are crammed into.
Thoughts and prayers to the team, their families, and their fans.
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