Remembering a Local Hero on 9/11
A special event at West Chester University this afternoon as a statue is unveiled prior to the school’s football game with Edinboro, honoring a former Golden ram football player who was killed nine years ago on 9/11.
KYW’s Matt Leon reports Michael Horrocks (photo) was a star quarterback at West Chester in the early 80′s. After graduation, he joined the marines and eventually became a pilot. He was in fact the co-pilot of United Flight 175 — the plane that was hi-jacked and crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center.
John Minnino is a former teammate of Horrocks, and part of the group that has worked tirelessly to make this statue, and day, a reality:
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