TULSA, Okla . — On January 27, 2001, a plane carrying 10 men crashed in a Colorado pasture, killing all on board.
The plane, traveling back to Stillwater from Colorado, carried ten members of the Oklahoma State University community.
WATCH: 25 Years Later: Remembering victims of the OSU plane crash
The victims, now remembered as 'The Ten, ' are honored every year:
- Daniel Lawson- OSU basketball player
- Nate Fleming- OSU basketball player
- Will Hancock- OSU athletic media relations coordinator
- Jared Weiberg- Student assistant
- Brian Luinstra- Athletic trainer
- Pat Noyes- Director of Basketball Operations
- Kendall Durfey- Broadcast engineer
- Bill Teegins- Oklahoma City broadcaster
- Bjorn Fahlstrom- pilot
- Denver Mills- pilot
2 News engineer Nelson Durfey lost his brother, Kendall, in the crash.
"I went ahead and called our pastor in Coweta. At the time, it was Alan Carson at the Methodist church and said, 'why don't you go out to Mom's house and go sit with her. because there's going to be some news coming.'"
Durfey said after 25 years, the loss still lingers for his mom and the rest of the family.
"She has some hard times with it still. And there's days we all do, you know? It took a long time to not just pick up the phone and call him, and ask how he'd handle a situation."
His legacy -- living on every year on this day specifically.
"OSU has done a terrific job of trying to keep the memory alive. The memorial they put in is great. The memorial in Colorado."
"All the kids over there are so young, they weren't alive when it happened. Students now. So, Remember the 10 is easy to remember, and it also gets so all these students will understand what happened now."
January 27, 2026 marks 25 years since the crash. OSU posted a tribute on their Facebook page, and linked people to the history they've gathered to remember and pay tribute to the victims.
In Colorado, a memorial to the victims sits at the site of the crash. There is also a memorial at OSU and a yearly 'Remember the Ten' run.
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