A crew films Greg Zanis of Aurora as he writes the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings in Newtown, Conn., on crosses near his property on Sunday, January 27, 2013. Zanis was participating in a music video for a song written by musician Jim Peterick to serve as a fundraiser and tribute for those affected by the tragedy. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Crosses bearing the names of victims killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., stand near the home of Greg Zanis on Sunday, January 27, 2013. Zanis, who drove to Newtown the day after the shooting, recreated the scene he set up in Connecticut for a music video to act as a fundraiser and pay tribute to those lost in the tragedy. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Greg Zanis of Aurora gets instructions about a music video being shot near his Aurora home on Sunday, January 27, 2013, to pay tribute and serve as a fundraiser for victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Greg Zanis of Aurora writes the names of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy on crosses erected near his property on Sunday, January 27, 2013. Zanis participated in a music video for a song written by Jim Peterick that will serve as a fundraiser and tribute to the victims of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Director Greg Bizzaro films crosses erected by Greg Zanis near his Aurora home as part of a music video tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Sunday, January 27, 2013. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Greg Zanis of Aurora writes the names of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy on crosses erected near his property on Sunday, January 27, 2013. Zanis participated in a music video for a song written by Jim Peterick that will serve as a fundraiser and tribute to the victims of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Jim Peterik performs in concert in Western Springs in 2012. Sun-Times Media File
AURORA — Greg Zanis was gliding a black marker across one of the 26 white crosses when the rain came and began to wash the ink away on a child’s name. “Everything is identical to the day we were in Newtown — dreary, raining and …