Some terrible news about Mark Hild. From Richie Eldridge:
“I have some sad news concerning Mark Hild. He has lost his battle with Muscular Dystrophy. He went into Cardiac Arrest on Tuesday and suffered a lot of brain damage. He has very limited production out of his brain stem. Not enough to sustain life. They are going to be taking him off of his ventilator today at 5. His mom Alice is expecting the funeral to be on Monday. The Celebration of Life Service will be held in huber heights, somewhere off of 202. He will be buried in New Carlisle. I will let you know when I hear more. We are trying to let as many people know from our Class as possible.”
Mark is/was a good kid, and he just happened to be a symbol for Fighting Against All Odds for our class. We all knew this grim moment would eventually come, and many expected it to be a whole lot sooner. It still doesn’t relieve the horrifying shock or the profound sadness.
When i last saw him, he looked like a CHAMPION. A champion. And a champion he will always, always be.
He didn’t lose, he f-ing WON, i say. He just left a little earlier than most.
We are all very, very fortunate to have been in his sphere at the same pinpoint in the history of the universe to have been able to know him, and know what a wonderful, swell guy he was.
To Mark Hild! Godspeed!