Larry Lyons recalls many of the thoughts that lingered in his head through the morning hours of April 7, 2015.  

A plane carrying seven men associated with the Redbird Athletics and Bloomington-Normal business communities had just crashed as it approached Central Illinois Regional Airport.

“The first question is always, ‘why?’ I mean, somebody can come up with an answer physically why,” said Lyons, who was ISU’s athletic director at the time. “But as you know, that’s an existential question that we all ask whenever there’s a really bad question. I don’t know why.”

Larry Lyons recalls many of the thoughts that lingered in his head through the morning hours of April 7, 2015. &nbsp;
A plane carrying seven men associated with the Redbird Athletics and Bloomington-Normal business communities had just crashed as it approached Central Illinois Regional Airport.
&ldquo;The first question is always, &lsquo;why?&rsquo; I mean, somebody can come up with an answer physically why,&rdquo; said Lyons, who was ISU&rsquo;s athletic director at the time. &ldquo;But as you know, that&rsquo;s an existential question that we all ask whenever there&rsquo;s a really bad question. I don&rsquo;t know why.&rdquo;

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