Hamburg Township Supervisor Pat Hohl, right, presents township resident Dick Lawrence with the Angel Flight Michigan Pilot of the Year Award during a township Board of Trustees meeting Aug. 22. Lawrence uses his private plane to transport medical emergency patients who are unable to travel on commercial airlines. / SUBMITTED PHOTOHamburg Township resident Dick Lawrence was presented with the Angel Flight Michigan Pilot of the Year Award at the Hamburg Township Board of Trustees meeting Aug. 21.
"In mid-July, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic contacted me and advised that Hamburg resident, Dick Lawrence had been named Angel Flight Michigan Pilot of the Year and asked that we present him with this award," said Hamburg Township Supervisor Pat Hohl. "Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic is an organization that coordinates and facilitates private pilots in the transportation of medical emergency patients that are unable to travel on commercial airlines. These volunteers provide the plane, fuel and time to transport these people, sometimes on a moment's notice in the middle of the night."
"Recently, on a Saturday afternoon as I was mowing my lawn, I received a phone call from Mercy Medical Air Lift that they had a young girl from Detroit that had to be in Pittsburgh by 6:30 p.m. that day to receive a lung transplant," said Lawrence. "I rushed to Howell, got my plane, flew to Detroit for her and her mother, and landed in Pittsburgh at 6:07 p.m., where an ambulance was waiting. This little girl is on oxygen 24/7 and requires 4 liters per minute. They had four cylinders with them for this trip.
"The mother later called to thank me and told me that, unfortunately, there was a problem with the donated lung and the operation did not happen. The little girl's comment was, 'It's OK, Mom. There will be another time,' " he added.
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