Feb 18, 2023
They named a major bridge in Pittsburgh after "The Great One" Roberto Clemente, that incidentally goes to the baseball park, and a heroic size bronze statue of the man greets people walking across the Allegheny. They didn't name the structure after the Pittsburgh Pirate because he was a great ballplayer, although he was, with exactly 3,000 hits, but because he was a great person.
After a major earthquake in Nicaragua, he rented a DC-7 aircraft and loaded it with relief supplies, The plane took off, and was never seen again. Everyone in Pittsburgh who was alive remembers that day, and most people over a certain age have a picture of the Great One hanging in their home.
