Hero pilot's daughter gets transplant help.........

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..(not new, but I haven't seen this here yet)


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/05/national2058EST0765.DTL&type=health
Pilot raises enough money for daughter's bone marrow transplant

Friday, March 5, 2004
(03-05) 17:58 PST SEATAC, Wash. (AP) --

Some of the survivors of United Airlines Flight 232 have found a way to repay a pilot who helped save their lives 15 years ago: pitching in for his daughter's bone marrow transplant. Al Haynes' plea for his daughter, Laurie Arguello, helped her raise the $256,000 needed for the procedure. Haynes made a heroic crash landing when one of the plane's engines burst July 19, 1989. The crew used throttles on the two remaining engines to make an emergency landing in Sioux City. Of the 296 people aboard, 184 survived.

Contributions poured in after Haynes sent a letter last year to friends saying his 39-year-old daughter was trying to raise money for the surgery and subsequent care. Word also spread through national and local media coverage. "I read a letter from someone whose friend didn't survive Flight 232," she told The Seattle Times. "They made a donation in that person's name, which made me cry."

Arguello was diagnosed in December 2001 with aplastic anemia, a condition in which her bone marrow cannot produce enough blood cells.
Survivors said they wanted to help not because of what Haynes and his crew did more than a decade ago, but because of the support he has provided since then.

"He has always had time for anyone connected with the crash," said Jerry Schemmel, a survivor who is a radio announcer for the NBA's Denver Nuggets.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001871907_pilot05m.html
Hero pilot's daughter gets transplant help
Seattle Times, WA - Mar 5, 2004
... his flight crew piloted their failing United Airlines DC ... With her father, retired pilot Al Haynes of ... more than $256,000 for a bone-marrow transplant — much of ...


http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2004/03/06/news/local/85fe0b759aafcfbc86256e4f001d28c3.txt
Siouxland responds to call for help from its hero
Sioux City Journal, IA - Mar 5, 2004
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http://www.ktiv.com/News/NewsDetail63.cfm?ID=26,7171
Siouxlanders, Survivors Help Haynes Family
KTIV, IA - Feb 17, 2004
Fourteen years after the crash of United Flight 232 ... are banding together to help the pilot that saved ... to raise over $250-thousand for a bone marrow transplant.