- Dates
- 2007-10-26 – 2007-11-09
- Kind
- Transportation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- aviationhealthcaretransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On October 26, volunteer pilots Mark Evans and Randy Kitzman flew Joyce and Johnny Runberg from Beaver Island to Rochester, Minnesota, through Wings of Mercy for Joyce’s scheduled hip-replacement surgery. After delivering them, the pilots carried another patient to Mount Pleasant. The Beacon reported that Joyce’s November 5 surgery went well and that the Runbergs returned to the Island on November 9.
Evidence limits
The newspaper account documents the reported flight and follow-up, not a flight log, clinical record, or independent account of the surgery. It does not name the other transported patient.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2007, "A Special Flight on the Wings of Mercy".Reports the October 26 volunteer flight from Beaver Island to Rochester, the November 5 surgery report, November 9 return, and the proposed awareness/fundraising event. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Wings of Mercy report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Wings of Mercy flies Joyce and Johnny Runberg to Mayo Clinic, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wings-of-mercy-runberg-flight-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2007, "A Special Flight on the Wings of Mercy". (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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