Crosses for Losses

Greg Zanis, the man known for making thousands of crosses and delivering them to scenes of tragedy across the country, passed away early Monday morning, his daughter revealed on Facebook. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

Greg Zanis, the man known for making thousands of crosses and delivering them to scenes of tragedy across the country, passed away early Monday morning, his daughter revealed on Facebook.

The man known for making crosses and delivering them to scenes of tragedy across the country was met with a world of well wishers at his home in suburban Aurora on Friday. Greg Zanis has made more than 27,000 crosses in honor of victims of gun violence in the last 25 years. His crosses were seen after mass shootings in…

The suburban Aurora community turned out in a big way Friday to honor Greg Zanis, the founder of “Crosses for Losses,” someone who has touched countless lives. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

An Illinois man who made more than 27,000 crosses to commemorate victims of mass shootings across the country is retiring.

For more than 20 years, Greg Zanis has traveled across the U.S. to place crosses at some of the most heartbreaking scenes the nation has faced, but now he’s retiring. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has the story.

For decades, Greg Zanis has
been traveling across the U.S. to place crosses at some of the most
heartbreaking scenes the nation has faced. But 27,000 crosses later, the Aurora, Illinois native has given up the job that gave him a grim but powerful purpose for so many years.

A retired carpenter from Illinois is honoring each victim of the country music festival shooting in Las Vegas with a cross. Greg Zanis installed 58 crosses Thursday near the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign to remember the lives taken in Sunday’s mass shooting.