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'That's Nick, he would've done that for anybody' A La Vista teenager was killed Monday night when he was struck by a train. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S CAMILA ORTI JOINS US LIVE WITH THE BIG STORY. CAMILA: MEMBERS OF ST. COLUMBKILLE CHURCH, HERE IN PAPILLION, ORGANIZED A SPECIAL MASS, DEDICATED TO NICHOLAS WILSON, EARLIER TONIGHT. MANY, EMOTIONAL, AS THEY LEFT. TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE TRAGEDY. NOT QUITE 24 HOURS AFTER HIS DEATH, THOSE WHO KNOW NICK WILSON, AND EVEN THOSE WHO DON'T, COME TOGETHER IN PRAYER. DANIEL: IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS UNREAL. CAMILA: DOZENS ATTENDING A SPECIAL ROSARY AT ST. COLUMBKILLE CHURCH IN PAPILLION, THE WILSON FAMILY'S CHURCH. TO HONOR AND REMEMBER A TEEN, WHO FRIENDS SAY MADE AN IMPACT ON EVERYBODY WHO MET HIM. ANGELA: HE WAS MY PROM DATE, AND HE WAS JUST EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. CAMILA: ANGELA BYRNE MET WILSON WORKING AT RUNZA, WHERE SHE SAYS THE CREW BECAME MORE LIKE FAMILY. A LARGE GROUP OF THEM ATTENDING TUESDAY'S MASS. ANGELA: HE TOUCHED EVERYBODY'S HEART THAT WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR. CAMILA: POLICE SAY WILSON, WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM PAPILLION LA VISTA SOUTH, WAS HERE WITH HIS FRIENDS MONDAY NIGHT. A POPULAR HANGOUT SPOT, NEAR 118TH AND OLIVE IN LA VISTA, WALKING ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS. EDDIE: A TRAIN STARTED COMING. AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, STARTED RUNNING. CAMILA: EDDIE ZIELINSKI WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN TIME. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE WILSON PUSHED HIS FRIEND, DILLON MCHENRY, OFF THE BRIDGE, BEFORE BEING HIT BY THE TRAIN. ANGELA: THAT'S NICK. LIKE, OF COURSE HE DID THAT. HE WOULD'VE DONE THAT FOR ANYBODY. CAMILA: LOVED ONES TELL ME THE 19-YEAR-OLD WAS A LOYAL FRIEND. STILL FIGURING OUT WHAT HE WANTED IN LIFE, WHILE LEAVING A MARK ON THE LIVES OF OTHERS. JOE: I KNEW THAT I COULD ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY TO LOOK UP TO. CAMILA: THE OTHER TEEN INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT, DILLON MCHENRY, IS IN THE HOSPITAL. IN FAIR CONDITION, AT LAST CHECK. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ACCIDENT CONTINUES. BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RAILWAY OFFICIALS WANT TO REMIND THE