Former EMS pilot killed fighting forest fire - update

[DavidK8084@aol.com]

Yesterday, while dropping water on hot spots in the Big Elk fire near Estes 
Park, Colorado, a former EMS helicopter pilot was killed when his SA 316B 
Lama crashed.  Gordon Knight, 52, who had flown in Des Moines with Life 
Flight, and in Denver, with Flight For Life, was a well-known and respected 
pilot in the Colorado region.  

Details of the crash are still sketchy.  While making a water drop near 
Pinewood Springs at appoximately 1840 mdt, he was heard to radio a distress 
call before his aircraft was seen to crash in a remote area.  By the time 
rescuers could get to the site, there was nothing that could be done.

Please keep Gordon's wife, Susan, a former flight nurse, in your prayers.

Additional information:
http://news4colorado.com/topstories/StoryFolder/story_1587403977_html
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/den/news/stories/news-158565220020731-060744.h

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David J. Kearns, MS, RN
Clinical RN II
St. Anthony's Flight For Life
Denver, Colorado

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