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Year Honored
2020
Honoree
Timothy McDonald
Title
EMS Pilot
Agency
North Memorial Air Care
Agency City
Brainerd
Agency State
Minnesota
Last Call
6/28/2019
Cause of Death
Air Medical Crash
Biography
Timothy McDonald died in the line-of-duty in an air medical helicopter accident alongside nurse Debra K. Schott. Tim’s love for others led him into emergency medicine and later to serve as a Blackhawk pilot in the US Army. Tim served two combat tours in Iraq and left the service to fulfill his dream as a medevac pilot. Tim served in the Army as an Aviation Warrant Officer and as a Paramedic for North Memorial. He was described as a dedicated husband and father whose greatest joy was his family.