Remembering a Local Hero on 9/11

A special event at West Chester University this afternoon as a statue is unveiled prior to the school's football game with Edinboro, honoring a former Golden ram football player who was killed nine years ago on 9/11.

KYW's Matt Leon reports Michael Horrocks (photo) was a star quarterback at West Chester in the early 80's. After graduation, he joined the marines and eventually became a pilot. He was in fact the co-pilot of United Flight 175 -- the plane that was hi-jacked and crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center.

John Minnino is a former teammate of Horrocks, and part of the group that has worked tirelessly to make this statue, and day, a reality:

"It was something that we always wanted to do; we talked about doing and it's taken us about three years of hard work, from everyone, to get it done. So to finally see it unveiled, to see it standing there, to know that that is going to be a permanent tangible memorial for Mike for the next couple hundred years is something that very special to all of us."

The statue will be unveiled during a pregame ceremony which will also feature a 21-gun salute and a C-130 aircraft formation flyover by the US Marines.

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