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Antoon, Tony and Terry Cole (who knew Eddie as a kid and was
very kind to show us around Albert Lea) with the memorial statue
in front of the Surf Ballroom ...
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This is the field where the red Beechcraft Bonanza four-seater
carrying Buddy, Ritchie, Big Bopper and pilot Peterson crashed.
The memorial is on the right. Nothing is changed in the
landscape since that fateful day in February 1959 ...
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Close-up of the memorial. You can see that a lot of fans visit
the site ...
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Tony and Antoon at the memorial ...
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The
Beechcraft Bonanza came from this direction ...
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and was supposed to fly on in this direction ...
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This
map will get you from the Surf Ballroom to the crash site ...
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Cruise Line Up and Social at Freeborn Co. Fairgrounds
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Saturday 12 June 2004
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 The weather was
beautiful when all the cars gathered for the line-up on the
fairgrounds ...
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 The Cochran family
were seated in the first cars ...
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 It started to rain
at four o clock and within minutes all hell broke lose!
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 The cruise was
cancelled by the sheriff - thunderstorm warning - just our luck ...
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The
pictures of the cruise line up are kindly provided by the Albert Lea
Tribune ...
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