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. See full story(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Carl Bowser reminisces about the Cal Poly football team at his home in Bakersfield. See full story(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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. See full story(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
“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. See full story(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Oakland Raiders passing game coordinator Ted Tollner, another Cal Poly crash survivor, during the team’s football training camp in Napa, Calif. See full story(Eric Risberg / Associated Press)
Carl Bowser displays a memorial program commemorating Cal Poly football team members killed in the 1960 plane crash. See full story(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)