CHICAGO (CBS) – Marion Kminek had convinced her daughter to take American Airlines Flight 77, believing that it was safer than driving across the country alone. Tragically, the flight Mari-Rae Sopper ...

Sopper was in the process of moving to California for the chance of a lifetime. A standout high school gymnast at Fremd High School in Palatine, Sopper earned a gymnastics scholarship at Iowa State.

Inverness native Mari-Rae Sopper, the Navy attorney turned college gymnastics coach killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, was a true believer. Described ...

After Inverness native Mari-Rae Sopper was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, dozens of lovely tribute stories were written about her life. The 35-year-old had just quit her job as a ...