The young man worked as a snow cleaner, dishwasher, gas pipe layer, and even digger. Rocky tried to help the family, working hard. The boy matured ahead of his peers, and there were reasons for that. His father, an Italian immigrant and a disabled person, could not provide for the family, so they did not live, but survive each day. The boy was born in Massachusetts, in the town of Brockton on September 1, 1923. He adopted the name “Rocky Marciano” because it was more typical in the USA. The boxer’s real name is Rocco Francis Marchegiano. The boxer became a businessman, having completed his career. Rocky defended the world heavyweight title 5 times. He was the first athlete who did not lose any of his 49 fights. The fighter competed in the heavyweight division. Witness Coleen Swarts observed the airplane reverse its course and then heard a loud sound as it crashed.Rocky Marciano is an American boxer, whose name was perpetuated thanks to the Rocky film series, starring Sylvester Stallone. The airplane was also short of fuel at the time of the crash. While trying to land at Newton the aircraft entered low cloud, attempted an overshoot and the pilot lost control, impacting a lone oak tree in a corn field. Belz decided to head to Newton instead of continuing to Des Moines as planned, to avoid the bad weather. The airplane's pilot was 37-year-old Glenn Belz, who was not experienced with night flying or flying during bad weather. Accident Ī storm system was building in the Des Moines region at the time of the accident. Marciano intended to later fly to Florida to celebrate his birthday at home with his family. This was to be a surprise party for him he was to give a speech in support of his friend, Louis Fratto's son. It had departed from Chicago Midway Airport at 6 pm (1800 hrs) and was en route to Des Moines, where Marciano was to celebrate his 46th birthday at a party the next day. On Sunday, Augat 8:05 pm CDT, the Cessna 172 with registration number N3149X crashed in a pasture near Newton, Iowa, approximately thirty miles (50 km) east of Des Moines. On August 31, 1969, a Cessna 172 crashed in Newton, Iowa, killing world heavyweight champion boxer Rocky Marciano and two others.
0 kommentar(er)
