| October 15, 2009 | Media contact: Bruce Spiher E-mail: spiher@umich.edu Phone: 734-764-2220 |
U-M Health System Statement
Regarding the NTSB hearing on the June 4, 2007 crash of the jet carrying our Survival Flight/Transplant team
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - We appreciate the National Transportation Safety Board’s thorough review of this tragic incident and the opportunity we had throughout the process to provide information to investigators. We will review the findings carefully.
The University of Michigan community continues to mourn the loss of our team and to mark its absence in many ways. Each time we pass the memorial sculpture that now stands outside our hospital, each time the anniversary date arrives, and each time those of us who knew them are reminded of something they did or said, we remember their sacrifice.
We know that their families, and all their loved ones, feel their loss even more keenly than we do.
Our commitment to saving lives through organ transplantation and air-medical services has never wavered in the wake of this tragedy. We hope that this review will help prevent such incidents around the country so that no other medical institution, and no other families, will have to face such a loss.
For more information on the NTSB hearing and findings, the team we lost, and the memorial sculpture, please see http://www.med.umich.edu/survival_flight/update/ .
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