Re: Two young men

[Laurie Romig <laurieromig@yahoo.com>]

What a wonderful tribute!

Laurie Romig
Bayflite, St. Pete, FL
--- DavidK8084@aol.com wrote:
> 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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