I rarely have the time to see a movie in a theater these days, but I made a special point of going out to see We Are Marshall. Prior to movie publicity, I was unfamiliar with the story of the plane crash that took the lives of the bulk of the 1970 Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, its coaching staff, and many of its boosters. I am not a Marshall grad nor am I much of a football fan, but I was intrigued to learn more about how the university was able to field a team in 1971 and consequently help the tightly knit community of Huntington, West Virginia, recover somewhat from its losses.