Transplant team to gather virtually at noon today to remember those lost in tragedy
June 6, 2022 //
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For those who work remotely, the transplant team will gather briefly at noon today, June 6, to remember those lost in a tragedy 15 years ago. All are welcome to attend.
On June 4, 2007, six faculty and staff members were returning from Milwaukee — where they had retrieved a pair of lungs for transplantation in Ann Arbor — when their Survival Flight plane crashed into Lake Michigan.
The team members aboard the flight were:
- David Ashburn, M.D., a fellow in cardiac surgery
- Richard Chenault II, transplant donation specialist, U-M Transplant Program
- Dennis Hoyes, Marlin Air pilot
- Rick LaPensee, transplant donation specialist, U-M Transplant Program
- Bill Serra, Marlin Air pilot
- Martin Spoor, M.D., U-M cardiac surgeon
The brief memorial gathering can be accessed via this link:
- https://umich.zoom.us/j/92023678456
- Meeting ID: 920 2367 8456
- Passcode: 568843
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