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Year Honored
2008
Honoree
Brien P Eisaman
Agency
Hawaii Air Ambulance
Agency City
Honolulu
Agency State
HI
Last Call
3/8/06
Cause of Death
Medical Aviation Accident
Biography
"Brien and I used to have the best conversations about life as we carpooled and drove home along Pacific Coast Highway, after working our 12 hour night shifts in the ICU at St Mary's in Long Beach. We always had to slow down and look at the waves when we passed the cliffs along Bolas Chica so he could see if he wanted to surf that day or not." "That says a lot about Brien, because he was checking for safety and fun, he was a sure footed guy, "stated Claudette White, an RN who used to work with Brien in California. He was so proud to be a flight nurse, and he was so excited to have a chance to live in Hawaii.<br /> <br /> Brien Patrick Eisaman, 37, of Waipahu, Hawaii, was killed in the line of duty on March 8, 2006. He was part of a three-person team conducting a planned transport of a critically ill patient form Maui Memorial Medical Center to Oahu Hospital. The plane he was working on slammed into a BMW car dealership in Maui and exploded into a fiery crash. There were no survivors.<br /> <br /> Mr. Eisaman was a flight nurse and the assistant chief flight nurse for Hawaii Air Ambulance; he was a former emergency room nurse at Mercy Medical Center in California.<br /> <br /> He died doing what he loved, in a place he wanted to be. He was a native of Huntington Beach, California. Brien loved life, he loved snowboarding, and most anything that was high-energy. He wanted to live where he could enjoy the two loves of his life, flying rescue and surfing.<br /> <br /> Honored 2008