Honorees

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Year Honored
2015
Honoree
Erasmus ‘Johan’ van der Colff IV
Title
Flight Paramedic
Agency
Air Evac Lifeteam
Agency City
Duncan
Agency State
Oklahoma
Last Call
October 22, 2014
Biography
In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 4, 2014, the Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter was transporting a patient from Waurika, Oklahoma to Wichita Falls, TX for treatment. Shortly before they arrived at the receiving hospital, the helicopter crashed, injuring Johan and his flight nurse partner Leslie Stewart. Johan died of his injuries 18 days later on October 22, 2014.