Ua hana ʻia ka ulia i nehinei ma kahi o 4:09 pm (EST) ma ka hopena o kahi kahua mokulele ʻo Lake Placid me Francis, he NFL paʻa hope loa i kūʻai aku nei i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Lake Placid Airways ma ke kahua mokulele, a me ka Hope Pelekikena Nui o nā Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Richard McSpadden, ma luna o ka moku.
Hailing from Kailua High School on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, Russ Francis, hoku i ka NFL a lanakila i ka Super Bowl ma ka hui 49ers o Kapalakiko. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "All World" e ka mea hoʻokani haʻuki kaulana ʻo Howard Cosell, i ulu a makemake e lele, a ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i kona ola i ka lewa.
He koho mua ʻo ia o nā Patriots mai Oregon ma 1975 a ua lilo ʻo ia i 14 mau makahiki i ka NFL kahi i pāʻani ai ʻo ia ma 3 Pro Bowls. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ka hui All-NFL i ka makahiki 1976, 1977, 1978, a me 1980. He lālā ʻo Francis no ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Haʻuki o Hawaii a he mea hoʻokani haʻuki ma Hawaii a no ABC, CBS, a me ESPN ma hope o kāna ʻoihana NFL.
