"We help to save thousands of people every year, from
premature babies through to elderly patients. Whether undertaking
intensive care level medical transport, helping accident victims or
rescuing a tramper in the bush, Life Flight has one mission: to
help save lives."
Source: Mission statement for the
Wellington-based Westpac Rescue helicopter and the Life Flight NZ
air ambulance service, based in both Wellington and Auckland (New
Zealand)... illustrating just one of the many ways that aviation
enriches the lives of the public it serves... and a story that
(too) rarely gets told.
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