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Recieved in Email this morning:

It is with a heavy heart that I impart the news that former Air Evac 12 pilot Andrea Pantchenko was killed Friday night in a helicopter crash (article below). Many of us remember Andrea, who was a recent Russian immigrant, from when he flew for our local Air Evac base about a year ago. Andrea was a happy, likeable person with a sly sense of humor hiding behind his thick accent. He was an excellent pilot, extremely smooth on the controls, and always easy going. He had an endless curiosity and explored the world with fervor. Prior to coming to the U.S., Andrea flew in Spain. He left Air Evac Lifeteam after two years of service and returned to the west coast to fly contract helicopters.

Andrea's wife, Titania, is in Russia and efforts are under way to reach her there.

Годспеед my brother, иу вилл б forever missed. Танк you.

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/articl ... 9&id=50559

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We do what we must because we can,for the good of all of us....except the ones that are dead.

I'm sorry Mr. V.

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I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much. - Mother Theresa

How sad.

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"Yes like I said it all boils down to morals. What you think is right doesn't make a person wrong because they think different " X-Black

Sorry to hear about your friend, but if it is any consolation you know he died with his boots on doing what he liked. Few can ask for more out of life when it comes down to it.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

My deepest sympathies to you and his family, we lose too many heros in this country.

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"There is a bit of a battle between people who say, Hey, your tax cuts wrecked our war and people who say, Hey, your war wrecked our tax cuts,"
- David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter.

Yep, sorry to hear you lost a friend. I read something once that stuck in my mind.

"What a Caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Messiah calls a butterfly"