"I think Jerry would be getting a real bang out of all the moments of silence for him," said fellow Mercy Air crewman Katy Haddock, "because there wasn't a lot of silence when Jerry was around." He was always laughing; you could not be in a bad mood around him. But one thing for sure, when Jerry worked he was all business, "He was a cut-up," said Hal Boley," yet when something had to be done, like in a flash it vanished, it just disappeared. He was a very, very, well-trained individual.".<br />
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Jerald "Jerry" W. Miller, 40, of Apple Valley, California, was killed in the line of duty on December 10, 2006. Mr. Miller was part of a three-person medical team that had dropped off a patient at the Loma Linda Unity Medical Center in California. They headed back to home base when the aircraft dropped from the radar screen. The fire-charred wreckage was found on a hilly summit in the Cajon Pass of California. There were no survivors.<br />
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Jerry worked for Mercy Air, a subsidiary of corporate Air Methods, located in Englewood, Colorado. He had begun his career as a firefighter working in Bakersfield. Later he decided he would try rescue, and soon found his passion for life.<br />
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"I started my career with him, we would go on search and rescue together, we learned together. He was a great person, and a practical joker. He loved playing the guitar, and had an uncanny ability to become a quick thinking medic and rescuer," stated Jennifer Boley. "He was just married on a cruise a few months ago, and absolutely adored his family."<br />
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