I remember March 30th, 1981 like it was yesterday. I was sitting in class at Thruston Elementary School when the mom of two of my classmates ran into the school screaming, "The president has been shot!"
If you've been wondering what it would take to get a statue of yourself put on display in our state's capital city of Springfield, you might want to get started by saving 77 people from drowning in the Rock River. Oh, and then get elected president.