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Year Honored
2004
Honoree
Craig A Bingham
Agency
IHC Life Flight
Agency City
Salt Lake City
Agency State
UT
Last Call
1/10/03
Cause of Death
Medical Aviation Accident
Biography
Craig loved to fly and it was always his dream to become a pilot. He was a good, warm-hearted man who loved helping people. Putting the love of flying and the love of mankind together gets the best in medical rescue.<br /> <br /> Craig Alan Bingham, 47, of Salt Late City, Utah lost his life on January 10, 2003 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed. The team had been dispatched to a scene flight when it encountered bad weather and heavy fog. The team was returning to base when the accident occurred.<br /> <br /> Mr. Bingham was employed by Intermountain Health Care Life Flight, located in Salt Lake City. Before coming on board with Life Flight, he had spent 10 years in the military. There, he realized his boyhood dream of becoming a pilot and went on to become a flight instructor. After leaving the military, Craig entered an active military reserve program and became a civilian helicopter pilot for Air Methods in Fargo, South Dakota, and later in Denver, Colorado.<br /> <br /> He was known to be a devoted family man and an active member of the community. He had a wonderful sense of humor; always ready with a smile and gracious handshake. "He loved going to work and felt a great kinship with the nurses and paramedics and other pilots," said his brother, Rick. "If one could ever sit down and script out the perfect job, it would have been for Life Flight," he stated.<br /> <br /> Honored 2004