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    We Will RISE.    Steve Beaven   A true story of tragedy and resurrection in the American heartland. Author and writer Steve Beaven takes on a powerful and sensitive story that happened more than four decades ago in his book We Will Rise.     The book covers the unfortunate tragedy that took place in Evansville, Indiana in 1977 impacting the members of the basketball team, their families, and the community at-large. A surprisingly obscure story that is reminiscent of what happened earlier in the decade with the Marshall University football squad.    One major difference is that story developed into a major movie "We are Marshall " featuring Matthew McConaughey as a newly hired coach trying to literally rebuild a football team.      In this case the tragedy enveloped the basketball program in the mid-December flight headed to Middle Tennessee State University for their next game. The first 90 pages or so cove...