september 12

March 9, 2026

Full circle story

Liv Schiller never met her aunt, who died in a tragic plane crash on September 12, 2001, but she's proud to be from a family of Huskies.

September 3, 2025

24 years later, remembering the Huskies

24 years ago, 16 purple-and-gold souls were killed in a plane crash in Mexico. They are still in our hearts and minds

August 29, 2024

Three women in UW garb wave to the camera in a vintage photograph

Never forget the Huskies

UW Magazine editor Jon Marmor reflects on two tragedies from September 2001.

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