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The Air Medical Memorial, a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was started in 2009 to honor air medical flight crew members who lost their lives in the line of duty.

The AMM collects air medical accident information from a number of sources and conducts research in an effort to create a complete and accurate list of honorees. We encourage individuals who wish to submit additional information or corrections to use our online research form or use the contact information provided below.

Ultimately, the information collected here will be used to create an outdoor memorial. To learn more about the memorial, you can download our Information Presentation using the link below and visit our support page to find out how you can help by making a tax-deductible donation today.

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Board Members

Kevin Sweeney

Steven A. Sweeney
Co-founder, Board Chair
Tribute Film • Behind the Wings Support Network
ssweeney@airmedicalmemorial.com

Steven founded the Air Medical Memorial with his brother Kevin in January, 2009. The Sweeney brothers grew up around the Flight For Life program in Denver and watched the industry grow from its infancy in 1972. Steven works as a Marketing and Creative Director in the Denver metropolitan area. Early in his career, he worked as Investor Relations Manager at Air Methods in Englewood, Colorado.

In 1994, Kevin and Steven lost a friend, Sandy Sigman, when she and pilot Gary McCall went down on Huron Peak in Colorado. A few months earlier, Steven was acting as a flight coordinator at Air Methods when an AirCare helicopter went down in Bluefield, West Virginia killing Anthony Barbee, Karen Canada, Donna Eaton and Michael Travison.

 

Kevin Sweeney

Kevin Sweeney
Co-founder Board Vice Chair
ksweeney@airmedicalmemorial.com

Kevin grew up being amazed by what helicopters were able to do. This extended to an appreciation for what the crews on medical missions were doing to help others and he was lucky enough to work for AirLife Denver for 9 years. He was also transported by Flight for Life Colorado and flight nurse Sandy Sigman after a climbing accident near Gross Reservoir, west of Denver.

Currently, Kevin works for South Metro Fire Rescue Authority in Centennial, Colorado and dedicates his efforts on the Air Medical Memorial board to two friends lost in air medical accidents, Sandy Sigman and Leslie Feldmann.

 

Keith Johnson

Keith M. Johnson
Secretary and Treasurer
kjohnson@airmedicalmemorial.com

Keith joined the Air Medical Memorial in mid-2009. Keith is a materials management professional in the Rockford, IL area. He is a member of APICS – the Association for Operations Management, and serves on their Board of Directors as the Great Lakes District Director.

In 2008, Keith was a patient aboard LifeLine Helicopter from St. Anthony Medical Center after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. He came through his surgery successfully and was released 8 days later. Three days after his release, his brother-in-law was killed on MedFlight from the UW Hospital and Clinics after successfully transporting their patient. All three crew members, Dr. Darren Bean, Mark Coyne, RN, and pilot Steve Lipperer were killed when their MedFlight helicopter went down near LaCrosse, WI.

 

Amelie Buchanan

Amelie Buchanan
Air Medical Memorial Flight Chaplain representing the Association of Professional Flight Chaplains (APFC)
abuchanan@flightchaplain.org

The Rev. Amelie Buchanan is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Association of Professional Flight Chaplains (APFC). She was as the first-ever Flight Chaplain for Flight for Life CO, where she served for five years (2003 – 2008), and later learned that she was the first Flight Chaplain to serve anywhere in the country. In 2007, she spoke at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) to overwhelming response. The need for flight chaplains was clear and obvious. Since December of 2008, she has dedicated herself to the mission and work of APFC.

Ms. Buchanan obtained her B.A. from Yale University. She received her Master’s in Divinity (M.Div.) from the Iliff School of Theology, where she graduated with honors. At St. Anthony hospital in Denver, CO, a major Trauma I Center in the region, she completed her Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) training, where she served as a trauma chaplain in her second year. The Rev. Buchanan was ordained a Minister of Word & Sacrament in the PCUSA in 2003. She continues to serve her church and community in various ways, in addition to her work for APFC.

 


Representatives

Alexandra Farnsworth

Alexandra Farnsworth
International Association of Flight Paramedics (IAFP)
afarnsworth@airmedicalmemorial.com

Alex is the IAFP Hawaii State Delegate and is a flight paramedic with Priority 1 Air Rescue. While working as a flight paramedic at Hawaii Air Ambulance Alex experienced the loss of six friends and fellow crewmembers. On January 31, 2004 pilot Ron Laubacher and flight paramedics Mandy Shiraki and J. Daniel Villiaros departed O’ahu for what would be their final mission.  The missing aircraft was located on February 2, 2004 on the island of Hawaii with no survivors.  On March 8, 2006 pilot Peter Miller, flight nurse Brien Eisaman and flight paramedic Marlena Yomes suffered a fatal accident on the island of Maui.


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