KHL team involved in Russian plane crash

Crap. I hoped there'd be one bright spot. AFP sucks as a wire service.

 

And here's a link from a Russian wire service with a graphic showing the crash

http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/479438

 

Anyone want a good cry?

http://achicksperspective.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/reality-check/

 

I was just about to post that too. Yep, I cried.

 

Do NFL teams still split rosters and fly on separate planes?

 

Strange that Skrastins' family was still in Dallas. I wonder if he was trying to hook on with an NHL team for this season.

 

A story I read on Salei said that his wife (3 kids) is from Orange County. He was going to play 1 or 2 more seasons in Russia then retire and settle down in Orange County, participating in the Ducks Alumni Assn. Very sad.

 

My experience is no, they put everyone on a single charter.

terrier - my guess would be that they might want their kids in American schools rather than Latvian or Russian ones, but that's only a guess.

 

Granted, I'm in and out on broadcast coverage of this tragedy due to work but from what I have seen/heard, the lack thereof in the States is disturbing.

Little taken aback by a photo I saw somewhere of a dead body being hoisted up the riverbank. Shirtless corpse, strapped in, lying face down. But, it certainly impacted me.

 

A few years ago I had also heard that the Russians liked their families in North America due to crime/kidnapping concerns.

 

Totally predictable, though.

If it had been an American football or baseball team, the coverage would be so far over the top and teams of screenwriters would already have the first draft of the script completed.

Hollywood won't film Bill Barilko's story, for instance, because the producer who owns the movie rights won't agree to turn him into a baseball player who hits a ninth-inning grand slam home run before he disappears. That's a fact.