GV> * Forwarded from "Fire Related Topics"
GV> * Originally by George Vaisey, 1:2613/353@fidonet
GV> * Originally to All
GV> * Originally dated 15 Dec 1996, 22:49
GV>This is always the hardest thing to report.  On Thursday December 12, 1996 
@
GV>approximatly 2200 A Mercy Flight Helicopter crashed into a wooded area of
GV>Yates County * New York.  Those Killed were Paramedic Brain Shaw -> A 
member
GV>of Barnard Fire Department, Mercy Flight, Monroe Ambulance, Gates 
Vollunteer
GV>Ambulance (all of which he was a Paramedic for), & Lake Shore Fire 
istrict
GV><-.  He was 29. The piolot 39 Jeff Burton was from Penn Yann and served on
GV>Mercy Flight, and I think another ambulance service.  They were 
transporting
GV>hunter that had fallen out of a tree and was paralized from the waist 
own.
GV>All 3 were killed.  As far as I know Brian Shaw & Jeff Burton were found 
n
GV>their seats, strapped in.  They cause of death was Head Injuries & broken
GV>neck.
GV>    In memory of Brian Shaw (a friend of mine) I've setup a page on the
GV>internet dedicated to In The Line of Duty Deaths 
(http://www.frontiernet.net
GV>~gvaisey/inline.html).  If you know of anyone that you would like added to
GV>this please let me know & I'll gladly do it!!  Both them and their 
amilies
GV>are in my prayers.
GV>George Vaisey
GV>Firefighter / EMT
GV>Lake Shore Fire Department
GV>--- GEcho v1.2 / FD 2.12
Dear George,
My sincerest condolences to you on the death of your friend.  The Mercy
Flight crash was felt in our hearts all over this area.  Several years
ago, two of our area copters went down within a few months of each
other....Ithaca's and Sayre's Guthrie One.  Being from the Sayre area,
Guthrie flies over my house many, many times a day.  Although I didn't
know the people in Guthrie's copter personally, I knew of them.  One of
the girls I work with at Corning Hospital had just left employment with
Ithaca Hospital shortly before their crash and was very good friends
with the paramedics.
Anytime a tragedy like this happens, it's so hard to deal with, but this
time of year is even worse.   Remember them in our hearts forever.
Sincerely,
Debbie
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