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AIR EVAC LIFETEAM 16
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Welcome. This page has been established to provide a single portal
for information about the tragic crash of AEL 16.
I did not know Tiffany Miles or Allan Bragwell, but everything
I have read and heard tells me they were both wonderful people. I was however a
very close friend of Michael Baker. For those who did not know him,
Michael was a kind, caring person, the type that you do not meet too often. My
family and I opened our home and our hearts to Michael, and even though we had
only known him for a little over a year and a half we felt like we had know him
forever. We were fortunate to have what little time we did with him.
All three will be sorely missed, but will
forever be remembered.
I would be more than happy to post anything of
value on this site in regards to Air Evac 16 and her crew. If you have content
you would like to contribute
please contact me.
Michael Sheedy
Tactical Flight Officer
POLICE AIR-ONE
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LATEST UPDATES
04/18/2008 - ALLAN BRAGWELL FUND DETAILS
I have received information from Regena Bragwell in regards to the
Memorial Scholarship that has been established. Information has been
posted below and on the crew page.
03/31/2008 - COIN
UPDATE
As of this date, I am officially out of available
coins. 50 were sent to the Helen Keller Hospital Ambulance service
and they may have a few left. I am awaiting confirmation from them.
I will be posting numbers here in the next few days, I think you
will be surprised how it all turned out!
I do have a handful of coins that were ordered but
never paid for. I am planning on getting in touch with those people
in the next few days to confirm the status of their order. If the
coins are released for sale, I will be posting them on eBay and they
will go to the highest bidder. Again, 100% of those funds will be
going to the families so should be fun to watch! I will keep you
posted.
03/17/2008 - COIN
UPDATE
The coins shipped this afternoon so everyone should
be receiving them by the end of the week. As such, I have fulfilled
every order I received that has been paid for. If you ordered and
paid, but do not get the coins by mid next week, please let me know.
LATEST NEWS
News will be updated in the near future.
QUICK INFORMATION
MICHAEL BAKER MEMORIAL WEB SITE POSTED
Visit the crew page to get the link.
MICHAEL BAKER MEMORIAL FUND ESTABLISHED
A memorial fund has been set up by Michael's family to continue doing what
Mike did best, "help out wherever and whenever he could."
You can make contributions directly to:
Lt Cdr. Michael E. Baker USCGR Memorial Fund
c/o The Bank of the Pacific
Attn: Diana Jordan New
801 Commercial Ave
Anacortes, WA 98221
TIFFANY MILES MEMORIAL FUND ESTABLISHED
A fund has also been established to assist Tiffany's
children in the future.
You can make contributions directly to:
Tiffany Crowson Miles Memorial Fund
Traders and Farmers Bank
10 Blake Dr
Double Springs, Al 35553
(205) 489-5011
ALLAN BRAGWELL MEMORIAL WEB SITE POSTED
Visit the crew page to get the link.
ALLAN BRAGWELL SCHOLARSHIP FUND ESTABLISHED
A fund has also been established to assist
a chosen Paramedic student attending NWSCC. A student will be selected by
the Director of the EMS program at the school to receive funds to assist
with payment of tuition. The plan is to make this a continuing fund, not a
one time award.
You can make contributions directly to:
Allan Bragwell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Teresa Harrison
Northwest-Shoals Community College Foundation
(256) 331-5240
teresah@nwscc.edu
ARCHIVED
INFORMATION
This information is no longer current but has been
left here for archival and viewing purposes.
03/17/2008 - More information on the celebration for Michael Baker:
DRESS CODE
Some people have asked what the proper attire should be for the Michael’s
Memorial Celebration. It should be… in whatever you feel most comfortable.
My first thought was business casual but thought better to let people come
however they feel their best. No one should miss out because of dress
code. We only request that you remain within the legal public dress code
requirements for the state of Utah… Loincloth, kilts, it might still be a
bit nippy to dress down too far….
Discounted Tickets for MOLON ROUGE
Dance Performance for $10.
If you want to attend the Dance Performance. We
have an arrangement with the dance company to provide a block of tickets for
all who care to go. They are offering discount tickets for all who call in
ask for the ROB BAKER Party For Michael’s Memorial. The Price is
$10/ticket. If you would like to go, Please call them directly and get your
tickets… You
may reach them at the Kingsbury Hall ticket office at 801 581 7100. It is
located at 1395 Presidents Cir #190, Salt Lake City UT 84112.
This show is part of a series that the dance company is doing. Kelli,
Mike’s Niece, has a lot of dancing in the Wednesday night show call “Let it
Be”, a dance tribute to the Beatles. If you are around for that you may
also request tickets. If you want more info on the shows you can go to the
website.
03/15/2008 -
Coin
Update
The coins have arrived and I will be busy packaging them up
over the next day or two. All coins should be shipped out on Monday
and on their way to you!!!
I have now disabled the ordering page. If you are
interested in obtaining a coin
please contact me and I can advise if I have any more available.
There is also a chance we may be able to provide some to the Helen
Keller Hospital Gift shop for resale. I will post information here
if that becomes a reality. Please do not contact the gift shop and
request coins at this time.
From this point forward, if I do have coins
available, they will only be shipped via USPS and a shipping charge
will apply.
03/12/2008 -
Coin Update
The coins have finally shipped!!! I have received
the tracking information and it looks like (if all goes well) that I
will have the coins in my hands by Friday evening (03/14/2008). I will be packaging them up and sending them out as
soon as possible, and plan on having them in the mail to everyone by
Monday or Tuesday.
Please do not forget to visit the wiki after you get
your coins and share with everyone else you thoughts and feelings. I
would love for the wiki to be an going project that everyone can
contribute to...
03/06/2008 - I have
some details on the T-Shirts that were made. They
are available at the Helen Keller Hospital gift store for $15.00
each. I have been told there are limited amounts left (as more than
400 have already been bought!).
03/05/2008 - Michael Bakers
"Celebration of Life" details.
The details for Mike's celebration of life are now ready.
It is scheduled for March 22 in Salt Lake City.
Please click here to view the details, timeline, travel and lodging
information.
03/05/2008 - Coin Update
Much
like you, I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the
coins. When the order was placed I was told it would be 10-14 days
for production, and then 2-3 days for shipping (to me). We are now
well passed that point and I have been in contact with the company
making the coins. This
morning I received an update from them, of which is included below.
Although they have not committed to a ship date, I am hopeful in speaking
with them further that the coins will be shipped to me within the next week.
I can
however guarantee that they will then be shipped out to all of you the very
next day after I receive them. I have already prepared all of the packaging,
envelopes etc, addressed them, and they are sitting waiting to be stuffed
with coins!!!
To
explain the delay a little further, on the face of the coin that has the
images of Mike, Tiffany and Allan, the original design called for that
entire side of the coin being one image. When I refer to an image, I mean
that they were going to create an "photograph" of that side, and then place
that photograph as the coin face. This would have also precluded any of the
actual coin showing through. I did not like that idea. Instead, the coins
were ordered with each portrait being a separate image. This increased the
coin cost slightly, but allows for the coin color to show through not only
behind the images but around the outside also. As a result, they now have to
place each image separately (3 times per coin for 600 coins), and then
encase that entire side with an clear epoxy dome to protect the images. I
can understand the additional work and time required and am confident the
end result will be stunning.
I will send out an update email AS SOON as the
coins are in the mail to you or your distributor.
02/29/2008 - ALLAN BRAGWELL
MEMORIAL WEB SITE POSTED
Allan's wife Regena has set up a web site to
help share memories and photographs of Allan's life.
You can find the site here
02/29/2008 -
Poem Added
Jody Marks of Huntsville, AL sent me a poem that he had written about
AEL16.
You can
read it here (14KB PDF).
02/14/2008 - HAPPY VALENTINES
DAY! I have found about a
new wiki site that seemed perfect for making a place that everyone can
contribute to. You do not have to be a member or have an account, it is riddled
with Google ad's, but it is free and easy. Please visit the wiki when you have a
few minutes to spare and contribute something.
02/13/2008 - We have had a
request for video footage of Pilot Mike Baker at the controls. If anyone has any
footage what-so-ever, 10 seconds or 10 minutes, Air Evac or USCG, please get in
touch with me. Mike's family would like to include this as a part of the
upcoming celebration of life.
02/11/2008 -
The order form is now ready and we
are taking orders. Please review the following details before placing your
order:
COST: The
donation per coin has been set at $10.00 HOWEVER you may donate whatever you
feel is appropriate
DELIVERY: You may select to pick up the coin from a distributor in your
local area or pay for USPS shipping.
You can review the local distributor list here or
review the shipping charges here.
SHIPMENT: The coins are in the
manufacturing process and are due to be delivered to me within the next 14 days.
I hope to begin shipping them out the week of Feb 25, 2008.
02/11/2008 - Added
information and link to "All About Coins", the company who is making the coins
02/04/2008 - The final proof is in...click on the link below to review
it. Thank you to all of the families for working with me in getting new pictures
that better represented our loved ones. Ordering information will be up and
available on the web site some time next week. 01/25/2008 - A few new photo's have been added along with some
updated information on the crew page. Request page has been removed in
preparation of the Ordering page being posted.
01/22/2008 - Updated added to the coin page including a new
proof
01/17/2008 - Information email sent in regards to the Memorial
Challenge Coin
01/16/2008 - Added page
specifically for information on the Memorial Challenge Coin
01/16/2008 - Added Michael Baker Memorial Web Site
information
01/15/2008 - Michael Baker Memorial Fund information
01/15/2008 - Added YouTube video links to news page
01/14/2008 - First proof for Challenge Coin
01/10/2008 - NTSB report added to news page
AIR EVAC 16 MEMORIAL FUND INFORMATION
(courtesy of James Spann, ABC 33/40)
As many of you know, Air Evac 16
(Based out of Muscle Shoals) crashed at or around 3:00 AM on
12/30/07 in the Barton, AL (Colbert Co.) area while performing a
search for a lost hunter. One man involved in the search said the
Air Evac crew had spotted the hunter just before 3 a.m. and were
holding a spotlight on him to show ground searchers where to find
him. Suddenly, the helicopter crashed, causing a huge explosion
while killing all three crew members:
Pilot - Michael Baker
Nurse - Tiffany Miles
Paramedic - Allen Bragwell
The hunter was not seriously
injured but was taken to a local hospital for
treatment, officials said. Family members of the hunter notified
emergency
operators at about 1 a.m. today that he was missing.
There has been a fund set up for
the families of Air Evac 16. Allan’s family
has four children and Tiffany’s family has two children. The fund
has been
set up with Bank Independent in the Florence/Muscle
Shoals/Tuscumbia/Sheffield area. Contributors in North Alabama can
visit your nearest Bank Independent branch.
CONTRIBUTORS OUT OF THE BANK
INDEPENDENT AREA:
If you would like to contribute
(and I pray that you will, even if it is
just a little… a lot of littles makes a lot for these grieving
families)
and you do not live in that area you can send it in to the bank at:
Air Evac 16 Memorial Fund
Bank Independent
PO Box 5000
Sheffield, Alabama 35660
MEMORIAL CHALLENGE COIN
Information is available about the memorial challenge coin we are
in the process of minting is available here
including the final proof..
ORDER FORM HAS BEEN ADDED!