Michael S Torres

This fall, Cathedral High School's football players will each wear a small number 81 on their uniforms. That was Michael S. Torres' jersey number. "I would like all my young players to act like him," said head football coach, David Portillo. "He was a fine young man." Torres, 21, of El Paso, Texas, died July 5 during fighting in Iraq’s Anbar province. He was based at Twentynine Palms, Calif. After Torres' death, his mother was reminded just how well-liked he was. "You wouldn't imagine the outpouring of people from all over the country who are calling and coming to bid him goodbye," Rossana Esparza said. Esparza said she managed to speak to her son before his death. "We just talked about how we missed each other and how...