one stadium after another, all to honor coach loggan.yes. >> because those stadium lights were just the beginning. they started the paul loggan foundation. money for student athletes to pay for sports, uniforms. paul strong, america strong. you see the impact he had and this foundation has had by just looking at your teammates. >> it means a lot to me that i know that my teammates who are financially unstable have financial support. >> $35,000 and counting. can you still hear his voice? >> yeah, all the time. oh, paul's watching me today. >> we have been following coach loggan's story for more than a year now. he died before vaccines were available. now, his son, will. >> our family misses him and lots of other families out there are missing those we've lost. that's why my family is asking you to get the covid-19 vaccine. >> now, with his son's brave message, and all the help from those students, america strong -- what do you think he'd make of what you've done now? >> he would be so excited, but he would kind of laugh and -- yeah. i kno

loggan. >> hi, mr. loggan. >> mr. you always. >> reporter: hoping their words would help save him. >> no one wanted us to succeed more than you did. >> we are praying for a speedy recovery. we know you are so resilient. >> reporter: after 12 days in the hospital coach loggan did not survive. his wife kathy on the students who never gave up on him. they were really hoping that the power of their words would keep him alive. >> yes. yes, absolutely. absolutely. and we had the nurses playing that for him over and over. and i thought it would work. i really did because he -- there's nothing that he loves more than his student athletes. besides his kids, his own kids. >> reporter: his own children making sure he knew he was loved. >> at the end of the day he knew we loved him and we knew he loved us. >> reporter: and just look at what his students did, within hours of learning the news the school parking lot full, in the rain, with head lights on, the message on this video so much love, then they would set a time, 7:00 p.m.