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October 2024 Update
Dear Friends: I had several productive meetings in San Diego yesterday, to advance the Max Lenail Memorial Bridge to the next step. It is a critical time for the project. I am both excited and tense. I met Kevin Legge in-person for the first time. I hired Kevin to help me manage the project in the year ahead. This […]
July 2024 Update
On July 18, Ben spent the day at Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego. He first took a trip to the San Diego River Crossing where Max died on January 29, 2021; and where the Max Lenail Memorial Bridge will be built. Senior Ranger Julie Aielts accompanied him, and they paid their respects together. The […]
February 2024 Update
Dear Friends We recently marked the three-year anniversary of Max’s tragic death at the San Diego River Crossing at Mission Trails Regional Park. It is fortuitous that the project to build the Max Lenail Memorial Bridge is making good progress. We’re aiming for construction in 2025, early 2026 at the latest. We (Ben and Laurie), in partnership […]
Outside – A Bridge for Max
In 2021, Max LeNail drowned while trail running in a San Diego park. His parents demanded a bridge. Two years later, they’re still fighting. Max LeNail was five minutes away from the end of his run when the hail storm started. He had already summited the South Fortuna peak in San Diego, California’s Mission Trails […]