Pantagraph · Apr 7, 2016
Project 7, a tribute about kindness, is today
They were progressive men who made their marks in business, their communities, athletics and the business of athletics.
They were quick to reach out and grab your hand, lend theirs to you. That’s why it hurt so deeply when Illinois State associate men's basketball coach Torrey Ward, ISU Deputy Director of Athletics Aaron Leetch, Pub II patriarch Terry Stralow, investment officer Jason Jones, Sprint representative Andy Butler, business owner Scott Bittner and pilot Tom Hileman died in a plane crash near Bloomington’s Central Illinois Regional Airport.
Thursday marks a year since that foggy, dreadful day. So what should we do? How should we honor their memories?