UNC has mid-air thriller en route to Miami

Posted Jan 26, 2011
The University of North Carolina men's basketball team landed safely in Miami on Tuesday night, but not without a tremendous scare. The flight was so frightening that many of the Tar Heels players posted thoughts on Twitter about fearing death and praising God for the eventual safe landing. At 10:07 p.m., sophomore guard Dexter Strickland posted: "WOW!! I really just had flashes of death on this plane! (Fox Sports South)

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