A photograph hangs in his Indianapolis home office of a September 2005 touchdown in Baton Rouge by a commercial jet Peyton and his younger brother, Eli, chartered to bring emergency supplies in the days after Hurricane Katrina's Aug. 29 devastation.
As with Manning's Super Bowl XLIV counterpart, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, their impact goes beyond their shared league-best 122 regular-season touchdown passes thrown since 2006.
Like Brees, Manning has been a catalyst for enhancing lives, especially of children in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. Manning and Brees embody the credo "Always do more."
That AirTran charter jet was Manning's shining example — flying in medical supplies, insulin, Gatorade, groceries, diapers and other necessities.
By Jim Corbett, USA TODAY
