MERCY AIR CARE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

MERCY AIR CARE IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF PROVIDING AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE TO THE SIOUXLAND AREA.

THE HELICOPTERS HAVE LOGGED NEARLY 9000 MEDICAL FLIGHTS FOR TRAUMA, CARDIAC AND OTHER CRITCAL NEEDS PATIENTS SINCE MAY OF 1987.

MERCY AIR MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR. JOE LIEWER (LEE-WER) WAS PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY THE AIR SERVICE:

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER MARI (MARY) KAPTAIN-DAHLEN SAYS THE SIGHT OF MERCY'S HELICOPTER HAS BECOME A FAMILIAR COMFORTING SIGHT OVER SIOUXLAND SKIES:

THE MEDICAL CENTER IS PLANNING A FREE PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF THE AIR SERVICE ON MAY 5TH ON THE RIVERFRONT NEAR THE MARINA INN.

THERE WILL BE FOUR SPECIAL GUESTS FLOWN IN ON THE HELICOPTER THAT DAY, TWO FORMER PATIENTS PLUS UNITED FLIGHT 232 CAPTAIN AL HAYNES, WHO WAS THE PILOT OF THE PASSENGER JET THAT CRASHED AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT IN 1989, AS WELL AS DR. DAVID GRECO, THE FOUNDER OF MERCY AIR CARE WHO LANDED WITH THE HELICOPTER JUST MINUTES AFTER THE AIRLINER'S CRASH.