Saturday, August 26, 2006

Timothy Amiano in South-West Florida

This picture of Timothy and his two rides was taken when my brother served with the Collier County Sheriff's Office Aviation Section in Naples, Florida. In the news article below Timothy says that he was misquoted slightly and that probably for brevity's sake the reporter left out some of the more interesting stuff; like Tim finding the lost family at the same time they were "discovered" by a large territorial black bear, and that he used the helicopter to chase off the charging bear before landing beside the family and their broken down swamp-buggy. And more... (Click to Enlarge)
As a pilot, Timothy has found over 40 individuals lost and in distress in south Florida wilderness areas, and counting...
                                                  
                                                                       Present Day
Timothy and MedFlight-One, an EC135-T1 (minus auto-pilot)