I have returned from the Medical Chase mission just east of the Central Valley. On the last day before I left we recieved a nine line call for an Urgent surgical medivac on a little hill in Afghanistan. There were 4 U.S. soldiers wounded, and we needed to get them medical care as fast as possible. I had just come back from the shower when we got the call I ferverntly threw my close on, and ran to the aircraft with my boots untied. We were off the ground in less than ten minutes. We flew there pulling the guts out of our aircraft for 15 minutes. When we got their they had just broken contact and the LZ was just big enough for the medivac aircraft so they swept in and picked up 3 injured we circled until they took off then we landed. But we were just too late. The best we had wasn't good enough, and we took that young man's shattered body off of that hill on Christmas Eve. And we performed our first Hero flight in Afghanistan. I watched as his friends full of tears and sweat took him and gently placed him in the back of the aircraft, they were holding each other and saluting their friend as we flew away. For some family in America Christmas will always be tainted, and that is why I am sad. Please pray for all of us as we try to make this country a better place for everyone in it.
Morgan
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Thank you and your crew for all you are able to do. I pray you continue to do the best you can and know you are in our hearts and prayers. Kaye Kundahl
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