Two young men

[DavidK8084@aol.com]

Two young men, one a teen and one almost, were informed that their father had 
just been killed.  His job had been to fly a helicopter to bring skilled 
medical care to the ill and injured and then fly them to the warmth and 
healing of the hospital.  His was an awesome responsibility, one the boys 
probably couldn't entirely understand, but they knew their father played a 
role in helping others when very few were able or willing.  In anyones' eyes, 
their father was a modern day hero.

Yet, despite all the father's exploits at the controls of his aircraft, his 
boys were his main mission.  Whenever not flying or dealing with the myriad 
details of being an EMS pilot on the ground, he could be found practicing new 
recipes as a bachelor father, shooting hoops with his sons, or teaching them 
reverence in their church.  

So when brought to a quiet place and told that their father had died while at 
the controls of his helicopter, not knowing that he had been alone in the 
crash, their only questions were, "What about the nurse?  What about the 
flight medic?  Was the patient OK?"  The selflessness of their father had 
been passed on.

Such is the measure of a man who sought only to do right by his sons and 
serve others.

Robert Green, EMS Pilot,  will live on.   

David Kearns, MS, RN, CFRN
Immediate Past President, ASTNA

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