{"id":1035,"date":"2021-03-19T19:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2022-05-13T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T21:47:13","slug":"the-marshall-university-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"The Marshall University Plane Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1037\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1037\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Marshall_University_Memorial_Fountain_2020-small-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Marshall_University_Memorial_Fountain_2020-small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Marshall_University_Memorial_Fountain_2020-small-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Marshall_University_Memorial_Fountain_2020-small-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Marshall_University_Memorial_Fountain_2020-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Memorial Fountain to the plane crash.  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