Every year, Mark Carpenter returns to the Palatine neighborhood where he grew up and visits the park near his childhood home on Sanborn Drive. It’s no ordinary trip down memory lane. It’s a chance for Carpenter to honor the teenage friend who gave his life 50 years ago saving two young children from drowning.
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