I wanted to take a moment today and pay tribute to a true hero, Nurse William Mann. William had wanted to be a helicopter nurse since the age of 12, when he had the chance to see the inside of Loyola University’s Lifestar helicopter.
Nurse William Mann was one of the victims of the latest medical helicopter crashes which happened in the suburbs of Chicago. It seems like there have been way too many of these types of tragedies lately, including this medical helicopter crash in my neck of the woods.
My thoughts and prayers go out to William’s family, as well as to the other victims of this crash, including paramedic Ron Battiato, pilot Delbert Waugh and Baby Kirstin Blockinger, who was being transported.
The courageous people who fly in these helicopters to transport the sick and the wounded have my deepest respect and admiration. I’m grateful that there are nurses, doctors, paramedics, EMTs, and pilots who bravely call this their job. And of course each time I hear about one of these crashes, I think of our Crzegrl, and hope that she stays safe.
(”Ghosts in the Sky,” image courtesy of Mayr’s photostream on Flickr.)
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I echo those thoughts. It’s a dangerous and tough job.
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Posted 01 Nov 2008 at 8:33 pm ¶I read the stats recently about how many of these crashes occur per year and was utterly ASTONISHED that somebody hasn’t done something about it. It’s so bad that I wouldn’t take one of those jobs if they paid $150 an hour in gold.
Posted 17 Nov 2008 at 7:43 pm ¶they paid $200 an hour in gold.
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