"I can't believe it's been 20 years."
The retired man in Sebastian, Florida, says it over the phone, a mixture of sadness and astonishment in his voice.
Joe Ragsdale called the newspaper Monday morning because there's a story he needed to share. A story about Brook Berringer.
"The thing I regret is I never told Jan Berringer the story," he says of the mother of the legendary Husker.
Twenty years ago. April 18, 1996. The date the beloved Husker quarterback was lost in a plane crash. Most Nebraskans remember exactly where they were when they heard.