Tue, Oct 05, 2010
Haitian Earthquake Survivor Transported To North Carolina
Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) said in a news release
that its Airport Advisory Board member Johnny Pineyro has provided
air transportation through Angel Flight Southeast to Judeline Jean,
a Haitian teenager in need of medical treatment due to injuries
sustained in an earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. On Sunday,
Pineyro departed with co-pilot Ryan Johannsen from Kissimmee
Airport, fly to St. Lucie County International Airport to pick up
Jean, and then traveled to Asheville Regional Airport in North
Carolina where she will receive free medical care.
The 16-year-old girl's left arm and hand were crushed in the
earthquake, and Jean lost her left leg after a cement ceiling
collapsed. Dr. Bruce Minkin has offered to do reconstructive
surgery on Jean's arm and hand, as well as fit her with a new
prosthetic leg at no cost.
Pineyro has been involved in the aviation industry for more than
7 years; is a board member of Angel Flight Southeast; is a member
of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Challenge Air;
and is owner of Pineyro Law Firm in Celebration,
FL.
Angel Flight Southeast, Inc. is a non-profit volunteer pilot
organization involved in "public benefit flying." The
organization provides a variety of services to the community, but
mostly we arrange free air transportation by private aircraft to
distant medical facilities when commercial service is not
available, impractical or simply not affordable. Angel Flight
Southeast, a member of the Air Charity Network, serves the state of
Florida.
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