Penn State removes Joe Paterno statue early Sunday morning
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (MCT) — For 11 years, Joe Paterno’s bronze image had welcomed visitors to Pennsylvania State University’s Beaver Stadium, his pants rolled up in his signature style, a finger raised in victory.
But before most of the campus awoke Sunday, the statue was gone, removed amid a clatter of jackhammers and a few cries of “We are Penn State!”
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