Family of Arizona Marine killed in helicopter crash starts nonprofit to help other military families [Video]

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — It’s been four months since 23-year-old Alec Langen was killed along with four crew members in a military helicopter crash near San Diego. Langen spent part of his childhood growing up in Chandler.

Now, his parents are setting up a new nonprofit to help military families through the same kind of grief.

Alec’s family says he loved serving our country. While going through this grief, they came up with what they’re calling ‘Running for Alec.’

It’s a way to honor their son and his crew’s legacy, wearing bright orange shirts and running 5Ks, 10Ks and even half marathons in the cities Alec was stationed in or loved.

“The first two months our world stopped turning so we need to figure out how to turn again and that’s the reason we did this because we need to run off our grief. We need to start having our world turn again,” Alec’s mom, Caryn, said.

Caryn and Steve Langen remember …