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Dan Futrell

Dan Futrell

What does it mean to celebrate Fourth of July this year?

Our nation currently faces an unprecedented set of challenges: Our federal and state governments continue to struggle to coordinate our…

Jul 3, 2020

What does it mean to celebrate Fourth of July this year?

Jul 3, 2020

Dan Futrell

Thank you, Somerville

Somerville Friends & Families,

Jan 14, 2019

Thank you, Somerville

Jan 14, 2019

Dan Futrell

Why I’m running the Boston Marathon for Year Up

As the fourth of four children to a mother who struggled with addiction and who had been in and out of jail, the probability of finishing…

Apr 9, 2018

Why I’m running the Boston Marathon for Year Up

Apr 9, 2018

Dan Futrell

You mad, bro? Kneeling and our country.

I’ve been asked a number of times about my reaction to NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. As a veteran who speaks for myself…

Sep 25, 2017

You mad, bro? Kneeling and our country.

Sep 25, 2017

Dan Futrell
in
Operation Thonapa

NTSB findings on EA980 materials

The NTSB released their findings today on the materials we recovered on Mt. Illimani and delivered to the NTSB last month. Needless to say…

Feb 7, 2017

NTSB findings on EA980 materials

Feb 7, 2017

Dan Futrell
in
Operation Thonapa

NTSB, you’ve got it from here

When we returned from Bolivia in June, 2016, we thought that the process of getting the metal and tape we found — pieces of the cockpit…

Jan 5, 2017

NTSB, you’ve got it from here

Jan 5, 2017

Dan Futrell
in
Operation Thonapa

What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?

by Peter Frick-Wright, published in Outside Magazine - October 18, 2016

Nov 6, 2016

What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980?

Nov 6, 2016

Dan Futrell
in
the Cafe

Missing Maggie, my dog who taught me how to be human

Maggie died three days ago. Or to be more accurate, I made the tough decision to end her life when her right lung collapsed for the second…

Aug 19, 2016

Missing Maggie, my dog who taught me how to be human

Aug 19, 2016

Dan Futrell
in
Operation Thonapa

The debris of Flight 980

In the last week a lot of people have reached out asking for more photos, including more than half a dozen family members. Here are many of…

Jun 11, 2016

The debris of Flight 980

Jun 11, 2016

Dan Futrell
in
Operation Thonapa

31 years later, we found the flight recorders

We started out this trip with the goal of finding the black box — the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder — of Eastern…

Jun 3, 2016

31 years later, we found the flight recorders

Jun 3, 2016

Dan Futrell

Dan Futrell

Adventurer. Marathoner. Veteran. Found the missing black box of EA980 at 20k feet in Bolivia. www.opthonapa.com. Founder, Polymath University. www.polymathu.org

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