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    'It's all about Ben now': Community supports 11-year-old who lost parents to domestic violence

    by Jerry Davich, Chicago Tribune Oct 17, 2017 3 minutes

    GARY, Ind. - Ben insisted on only one thing for this column.

    "I want a picture of my mom and my dad," the 11-year-old boy said while looking through his iPad for just the right photos of his deceased parents.

    "I want to use these," he said after taking a few minutes to create a digital collage and holding it up to show me.

    "Is that what you want, Ben?" asked his maternal grandmother, Donna Edwards.

    "Yes," Ben replied.

    "OK, that's fine," Edwards said sweetly.

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