FROM THE ARCHIVES: Coach Thomas was a leader for his community and students [Video]

PARKERSBURG, Iowa (KCRG) – June 24th, 2024, marks 15 years since a man shot and killed Aplington-Parkersburg High School football Coach Ed Thomas.

On the morning of June 24th, 2009, Thomas had been working with students who were weight training when a former player, Mark Becker, shot him with a handgun. Becker suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.

At the time, Coach Thomas had recently rallied people in Parkersburg to come back from an EF-5 tornado that struck the town in 2008.

In the video above, a younger Scott Saville spoke with Aplington-Parkersburg community members in 2009 about the leadership and legacy he left behind.

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