A Chicagoan was one of four individuals killed in a tragic medical helicopter crash last week.
Air Angels medical nurse William Mann Jr., 31, was killed alongside two other crew members and a 14-month-old infant during the crash, which took place Oct. 15 in suburban Aurora.
Mann spent his career saving lives, not only for Air Angels, a medical transport company, but also as a suburban police officer, a paramedic and an emergency room nurse at several hospitals, including Chicago's Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
His family wants him to be remembered as a hero.
'He was an amazing man,' Mann's aunt, Ellyn Phillips, told Windy City Times. 'He was that person who is always taking care of people.'
Mann was raised in Norridge, Ill., where his parents reside. He is also survived by two sisters as well as friend Nick Dallas, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
A memorial was held Monday, Oct. 20.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Children's Memorial Hospital.