Photos: Cal Poly plane crash
Carl Bowser, who dragged a teammate from the fiery wreckage of their plane in Toledo, says it’s not easy being a survivor. “A lot of us had rough edges after the crash,” says Bowser, holding a photo of the 1960 Cal Poly football team.
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Carl Bowser reminisces about the Cal Poly football team at his home in Bakersfield.
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Carl Bowser holds his Cal Poly football team jacket at his home in Bakersfield. “Not a day goes by when I don’t think about it,” he says about surviving the crash.
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“I have three daughters, my son and 10 grandkids. I always look forward to seeing the guys. But I miss the other ones terribly,” says crash survivor Carl Bowser, at his home in Bakersfield.
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Carl Bowser displays a memorial program commemorating Cal Poly football team members killed in the 1960 plane crash.
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