CHICAGO -- The parents of a University of North Dakota student from Chicago whose career as a pilot was just taking off are speaking out about their son's final flight, in which he took his own life.
"He would take his blocks and build replicas of the L train here in Chicago, and for a long-time he wanted to be a Chicago bus driver," his father Alan Hauser said.RELATED: CPS teacher killed in East Side shooting ruled murder-suicide was active in violence preventionJohn Hauser chose to fulfill those dreams at UND, impressed with the program and number of planes, giving him plenty of opportunities to fly.
An hour later, his crashed plane was found in a farm field by Buxton, North Dakota. He was a young man who seemed to have everything in life - chasing his dream, good grades, a girlfriend and a member of a fraternity. Days after his death, his parents launched the John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Initiative Fund. It has two main goals: In the short term, give aviation students across the country wiggle room to seek help.