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The day Bo Rein died: Ron Higgins
Posted on 9/15/15 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 9/15/15 at 9:31 pm
Pretty good short read. I remembering hearing about this on the radio that night.
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I was 23-year-old reporter, eight months removed from my May 1979 graduation from LSU, happy to have my first full-time job with Tiger Rag Magazine.
We got thrown together in the worst possible circumstances in January 1980 when new LSU football coach Bo Rein was killed in a plane crash while returning from a recruiting trip to Shreveport.
Williams was the last person to see Rein alive, putting him on the private plane late on a Thursday night for a one-hour flight to Baton Rouge.
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Posted on 9/15/15 at 9:50 pm to LSUTANGERINE
great read 
Posted on 9/15/15 at 9:58 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Oh that was good.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 10:23 pm to tiger91
Trying to figure out the end of that article....was he speculating Bo knew what was gonna happen?
Posted on 9/15/15 at 11:24 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Very well written ending.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 5:59 am to LSUTANGERINE
Great article. I remember waking up that morning and finding out he was gone. Was just unbelievable.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:28 am to LSUTANGERINE
Nice read. It really makes me wonder how things might have gone had the accident not happened. So sad.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:41 am to LSUTANGERINE
thanks for sharing, great read
Posted on 9/16/15 at 7:51 am to LSUTANGERINE
Damn, that was a powerful read 
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:01 am to LSUTANGERINE
The day he died was my birthday. I'd have to say is was the saddest birthday I ever experienced.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:12 am to josh336
I think he was speculating that God knew what was gonna happen and allowed Bo to speak with all his loved ones one last time.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 8:20 am to josh336
quote:
Trying to figure out the end of that article....was he speculating Bo knew what was gonna happen?
You know sometimes in life you might just get that feeling that something is not right or off. Maybe he felt it, but was not strong enough of a feeling to stop him from getting on that plane. We will never
know but if Coach Williams said that no coach ever does that, well there you go!
I was a freshman in high school and a huge LSU fan. I remember being so pumped getting Bo Rein as a head coach. I remember crying like a baby
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 8:22 am
Posted on 9/16/15 at 9:27 am to Nissanmaxima
I was also a Freshman, & The Principal, called me out of class to tell me.
Posted on 9/16/15 at 9:45 am to LSUTANGERINE
I woke up and it was being discussed on WFMF. I walked to my school bus stop and all the kids were talking about it. My Dad was a pilot so after school he explained it all to me. It was of course, huge national news and very tragic.
This post was edited on 9/16/15 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 9/16/15 at 10:08 am to Lsupimp
Great read...so many what if's.....
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