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2015 Weekend of Tribute

Weekend of Tribute 
June 25 – 28, 2015

The events are hosted in two cities; Littleton and Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The following is schedule of events for the Weekend of Tribute. If you plan on attending the full weekend of events, we recommend you fly into Denver on Thursday morning, June 25 and rent a car for the drive to Colorado Springs (approx. 1 hr. drive) on Friday June 26 following the Air Medical Memorial Services. All of the Memorial events are non-denominational.

If you have any questions about the Weekend, please do not hesitate to contact:

Steven Sweeney, Founder, Air Medical Memorial at ssweeney@amcs3.org
Christina Gasparich, Director, Behind the Wings Family Support Network cgasparich@amcs3.org
Rande McCrary, Board Member, National EMS Memorial Service at randemccrary@sbcglobal.net
Robert Collett, Colorado Route Coordinator, National EMS Memorial Bike Ride at robert.collett@uchealth.org

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America.

On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

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2003 National EMS Memorial Service Honoree William Lawton

Ambulances and fire trucks lined the town of Middletown for the young man who so gallantly waited to become one of them. He worked hard from the age of 12 to work at his calling, that of a rescuer. His final action as an EMT in this town was a CPR call. The person survived his attack. What a way for a person who loved rescue work to say good-bye.

William R. Lawton, 18, Killingworth, Connecticut was killed when the ambulance he was driving was involved in a fiery head-on collision on September 2, 1989. The young EMT was part of a transport team that was returning a patient from a dialysis treatment when a pick-up truck rounded a curve on the wrong side of the road and into the path of the Hunter’s Ambulance. Another team member was killed and a third was critically wounded.

ill was an employee of Hunters Ambulance Service as an EMT. He was a volunteer with Killingworth Ambulance as well as with Killingworth Volunteer Fire Company and Rescue. He was preparing himself to become a professional paramedic and firefighter.

Honored 2003