As an air traffic controller in Chicago for nearly 24 years, Will Crump made a lot of money. He was never exposed to the hopelessness of alcoholics, addicts and the homeless. “They were not part of my world,” said Crump, 59. But in 2009, Crump, a divorced father of four, moved to Madison to overcome his own addictions to alcohol and drugs and, eventually, homelessness. “It was my first exposure to a segment of society I never knew existed,” he said. “It was a stark and rude awakening.” A Wisconsin native, Crump said he started drinking as a freshman at UW-Madison.
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