In one of the more bizarre stories in recent memory, Dalton Godbey of WDRB reported today that Hall of Fame Louisville coach Denny Crum’s headstone was dumped into the Red Sea by Houthi pirates.
Crum passed away last May but his gravesite still sits empty due to the actions of pirates. His widow, Susan Sweeney Crum, wants to let people know what happened so they understand why the gravesite is still empty.
Of course, Crum was a bitter UK rival back in the day, but he won many Kentucky fans over during his time on the radio with the late Joe B. Hall.
Here is an excerpt from WDRB.com:
“The granite we have is called India Red, which means it actually came from India,” Sweeney Crum said. “The monument was on the way over here, but now, it’s at the bottom of the Red Sea.”
She’s not kidding. After months of planning for the perfect way to honor Crum’s life, the monument was finished overseas. But as tensions between Israel and Hamas heated up, so did Houthi pirate attacks on cargo ships traveling nearby waters.
Sometime early this year, the ship carrying Crum’s monument was a target.
“Their aim was to stop commercial and government barging and shipping through the Red Sea in the Suez Canal,” Sweeney Crum said.
The monument paying tribute to the man in the red coat is at the bottom of the Red Sea, and, maybe, there’s something poetic about that.
