On December 7, 1991, Chopper 11 went down returning from a high school football game in Wilmington.
Sports reporter Tony Debo was the only survivor. Photographer Bart Smith, 28; engineer Rick Sherill,33; and pilot Jim Lane, 48; all died.
A scholarship to promote diversity at the UNC School of Journalism honors the memory of the three men.
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