We Are Marshall

Friday night Judy and I had our first date in a while and we usually like to go to a movie and then out to eat. We decided to go see We Are Marshall and I don't think I was prepared for what was about to happen, to me. You can click on the pic for a movie trailer.

Here's a review from Yahoo! Movies:

A true story, based on devastating events, set in Huntington, West Virginia, about a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families have come together to cheer on Marshall University's "Thundering Herd." For this team and this community, Marshall football is more than just a sport, it's a way of life. But on a fateful night in 1970, while traveling back to Huntington after a game in North Carolina, 75 members of Marshall's football team and coaching staff were killed in a plane crash. As those left behind struggled to cope with the devastating loss of their loved ones, the grieving families found hope and strength in the leadership of Jack Lengyel, a young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall's football program and in the process helped to heal a community.

In the movie, the plane crash takes place in the opening minutes of the movie and from there on out we see the story unfold of how a town and college deal with the loss of so many people and the potential loss of a football program. At that moment I could feel the emotion begin to well up within me and the tears began to flow. As the story unfolds we learn about the people left behind how they try to cope with such tremendous loss.

I never stopped crying. In fact, I don't know that I have ever cried that long before in my life. This story touched my life in a deep and profound way.

We Are Marshall is a story about loss. I must confess that I am still processing all the emotion from that day. The good news is that while loss is a reality of life, Jesus can bring healing. Tye out.