Re: Two young men

["Michael E. Cooper" <flightmedic@pdq.net>]

That pulled at my heart strings...God bless his family and friends!
----- Original Message -----
From: <DavidK8084@aol.com>
To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 2:12 AM
Subject: Two young men


> 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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