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It was standing room only during the unveiling of the new memorial that honors the victims of the 1977 plane crash that killed the University of Evansville basketball team, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for the unveiling of the 1977 Aces Basketball Memorial Wall at the Ford Center. The memorial, which is the second phase of the Hilliard Lyons Corridor of Champions, remembers and honors the University of Evansville basketball players, head coach, administrators, and friends who lost their lives in the 1977 plane crash. The crash killed 29 people, including all 14 members of the men's basketball team, shortly after takeoff from Evansville Dress Regional Airport.(AP Photo/mbr/Molly Bartels, The Evansville Courier & Press)
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Carol Knopfmeier, left, and Jackie Combs, right, hold hands during a prayer for the victims of the Dec. 13, 1977 plane crash at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Knopfmeier and Combs are the daughters of Charles Goad, a local businessman who was on board the plane that day. Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for the unveiling of the 1977 Aces Basketball Memorial Wall at the Ford Center. The memorial, which is the second phase of the Hilliard Lyons Corridor of Champions, remembers and honors the University of Evansville basketball players, head coach, administrators, and friends who lost their lives in the 1977 plane crash. The crash killed 29 people, including all 14 members of the men's basketball team, shortly after takeoff from Evansville Dress Regional Airport.(AP Photo/mbr/Molly Bartels, The Evansville Courier & Press)
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Martha Kirkpatrick, left, wipes tears from her eyes during a ceremony that unveiled the memorial for the victims of the 1977 plane crash at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Kirkpatrick's son, Mark, a player on the team, was killed that day. "Saturday was his birthday. He would have been 58," said Janis Harrington, right, who is Mark Kirkpatrick's sister. The crash killed 29 people, including all 14 members of the men's basketball team, shortly after takeoff from Evansville Dress Regional Airport.(AP Photo/mbr/Molly Bartels, The Evansville Courier & Press)
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Elaine Shreffler, looks over the new memorial with her daughter, Emily, 7, inside the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for the unveiling of the 1977 Aces Basketball Memorial Wall at the Ford Center. The memorial, which is the second phase of the Hilliard Lyons Corridor of Champions, remembers and honors the University of Evansville basketball players, head coach, administrators, and friends who lost their lives in the 1977 plane crash. The crash killed 29 people, including all 14 members of the men's basketball team, shortly after takeoff from Evansville Dress Regional Airport.(AP Photo/mbr/Molly Bartels, The Evansville Courier & Press)
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Stafford Stephenson, assistant coach of the 1977 Aces basketball team, hugs Angela Sartore, before the unveiling of the new memorial that honors the victims of the 1977 plane crash at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. A new memorial that honors the University of Evansville basketball players, head coach, administrators, and friends who lost their lives in the 1977 plane crash was unveiled Sunday. (AP Photo/The Evansville Courier & Press, Molly Bartels)
