1986 lub plawv davhlau Exhibit Debuts ntawm Fargo cua tsev cia puav pheej

Brig. Gen. Becklund Retires, Donates Commissioned F-4 Paintings

FARGO, N.D., Sep. 2019 – Heroes ntawm lub historic 1986 lub plawv davhlau tau honored nag hmo thaum ib tug tshiab, exhibit commemorating lub davhlau yog unveiled ntawm lub tsev khaws puav pheej Fargo cua tsev cia puav pheej. Tom qab 37 xyoo kev pab, Brig. Gen. Becklund – lub plawv davhlau tsav – yog retiring ntawm lub teb chaws ceev xwm thiab pub tus exhibit. Tus exhibit muaj xws li lub plawv davhlau zaj dabneeg, xovxwm clippings, ob paintings los artist Marc MaGee thiab reflections ntawm Karen thiab Steve McCann, cov niam txiv ntawm tus me nyuam mos lub plawv hloov.

Nyob rau lub hlis ntuj nqeg 1986, ib F-4 fighter dav hlau nrog lub North Dakota cua lub teb chaws tiv thaiv yog thov nyob nruab nrab ntawm hmo ya ib lub plawv donor ntawm Fargo rau ib tug me nyuam tos hauv San Francisco tsis pub dhau ib qhov rais plaub-teev. Becklund, uas yog ib tug thawj lieutenant thaum lub sij hawm thiab rau cov plaub ntug, ya mus rau lub dav hlau. Ib F-4 yog ib obseater fighter dav hlau, ces lub plawv me me lifesaving lub plawv ntawm donor Michael McCann yog packed hauv dej khov thiab tso rau hauv ib lub picnic txias uas rode hauv lub rooj zaum qab Becklund. Becklund kov hauv California thiab tso hla lub txias txias rau ib Stanford University tsheb tos neeg mob neeg coob. Lub transplant yog ntse tiav dua li uas ploj lawm qhov rais plaub-teev qhov rais.

"Lub North Dakota cua lub teb chaws tiv thaiv muaj ib lub hom phiaj nws lub hom phiaj nyob rau hauv uas peb txhawb ob tus tsoom txoov ntawm lub xeev Unites thiab tus tswv xeev ntawm North Dakota. Qhov no peb twb tau tseg ib lub hom phiaj qhia los ntawm tus tswv xeev thiab pab ib tsev neeg xav tau,"hais Brig. Gen. Robert Becklund. "Txawm tias peb yuav tam sim no muaj ntau yam khoom thiab missions dua peb puas tau nyob rau xyoo 1986, peb yeej tseem 'Ib txwm npaj, ib txwm muaj'."

Thaum lub plawv davhlau tshwm sim rau hlis ntuj nqeg 1986, transplants twb tseem xav xyaum ua tej yam uas tsis muaj txheej txheem rau organ donation. LifeSource – lub koom haum uas tswj organ donation rau North Dakota – tsis txawm founded mus txog rau xyoo 1989, peb xyoos tom qab ntawd.

"Cov txheej xwm uas muab qhov chaw tau tsawg tsawg, extraordinary thiab frankly jaw-xa me nyuam rov," hais LifeSource CEO Susan Gunderson. "Lub siab tawv thiab siab qhia los ntawm sawv daws koom tes yog tiag awe-inspiring. Tib yam 'yuav thiab yuav' dab drives qhov chaw ua hauj lwm peb ua ntawm LifeSource Txhua hnub kom donation tshwm sim."

Donation yog ib qho khoom plig zoo kawg. Nws yuav muab healing rau tsev neeg, xws li cov McCanns, uas tau poob ib tug neeg. Thiab donation muab ib ob sij hawm rau cov neeg mob ntawm daim ntawv tos, xws li Andrew. Peb caug peb xyoos tom qab, Andrew lub plawv beats muaj zog dua puas tau, thiab nws tseem ua rau feem ntau ntawm lub neej nws yog selflessly gifted. Andrew tas nws tus tswv kawm ntawv, xyuas 40-plus lub teb chaws thiab hais lus tsib hom lus. Nws thiab nws tus poj niam muaj txawm siv sij hawm thaum lub McCann lub tsev nyob rau hauv Fargo.

"Peb tsis tau zoo siab rau peb tus tub, peb qhov kev txiav txim siab, thiab Andrew rau lub neej nyob rau nws fullest," hais Karen McCann, pub niam.

Los ntawm lub plawv davhlau, North Dakota tej yam lub ntiaj teb uas donation. Tsis ntev los no highlights ntawm lub xeev tej yam muaj xws li:

• Nyob rau xyoo 2007 North Dakota tau txais cov revised anatomical Gift Act (UAGA). Txoj cai governs donation thiab xyuas kom meej tias ib tug neeg, lub neej txiav txim siab yuav tsum muaj ib tug pub yog honored raws li lawv tuag.
• Ntxiv thiab, nyob rau xyoo 2007, North Dakota kis ib lub xeev txoj cai lij choj tso cai rau cov hluas tsis tau nto hnub nyoog 18 xyoo sau npe ua ib tug pub rau lawv tsav tsheb daim ntawv tso cai los yog lub xeev ID card. Txoj cai yog txaus siab los ntawm cov phooj ywg alexa Kersting, ib tug hluas nkauj ntawm West Fargo, North Dakota uas tuag thaum tos ib lub ntsws transplant.
• Hnub no, 67 feem pua ntawm North Dakotans tau hais khov kho muaj "hloov" rau lawv tsav tsheb daim ntawv tso cai.

Cov duab los ntawm cov kev tshwm sim muaj nyob ntawm no.

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Li lub plawv 1986 lub plawv davhlau
Michael Stephen McCann yug lub yim hli ntuj 22, 1986 hlub niam txiv Steve thiab Karen McCann. Rau hlis ntuj nqeg 2, thaum tsuas plaub lub hlis qub, Michael tso tseg tsis ua pa thaum pw tsaug zog ntawm nws tus me nyuam lub tsev. Michael yog rushed rau lub tsev kho mob tiam sis yog thaum kawg noj tawm ntawm lub ventilator rau hlis ntuj nqeg 22. Nyob nruab nrab ntawm lawv kev tu siab, cov McCann ua qhov kev txiav txim siab courageous los pub lawv tus tub lub plawv thiab siab. Ib tug me nyuam tub 5-hli-laus San Francisco tub, xav ua kom tau ib lub plawv tshiab, yog sai nrhiav tau los ntawm cov kev pab kho mob hauv Fargo tau txais Michael tus.

Tau Michael lub plawv rau San Francisco ntawm Fargo sai yog tam sim no cov kev sib tw:

• Thaum 11:45 p.m CST, hlis ntuj nqeg 23, Michael lub plawv yog zoo tu qab tso rau transplant. Ib qho teeb meem sawv ntawm tshav dav hlau Hector International tshav dav hlau, uas yog ib lub cav rau lub dav hlau slated thauj lub plawv tsis pib.
• Ib xav ua kom tau thaum sawv ntxov ntxov hu tau ua ces tswv xeev George Sinner. Kaum rau (6) feeb tom qab, tus tswv xeev mus txog rau Adjutant General, Loj General Alexander P. Macdonald, ntawm lub teb chaws North Dakota national khwb lub tsev hauv paus nyob Bismarck hoping ib F-4 fighter ntawm lub Fargo puag yuav ya ib lub hom phiaj thaum muaj xwm ceev. Lub moos ntawd ticking.
• Thaum 3:06 a.m., CST, ces lieutenant Robert Becklund ya solo hauv ib ob-tus neeg F-4 fighter dav hlau nqa lub plawv precious hauv ib liab thiab dawb txias nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm Fargo rau San Francisco.
• Thaum 4:43 a.m., PST, Lt. Becklund landed ntawm Moffett Naval chaw nres tsheb yam lig rau yav qab teb ntawm San Francisco Bay, handing tawm ntawm nws precious cargo rau ib pab neeg ntawm Stanford.

Nyob rau hauv lub Xya hli ntuj xyoo 1986, California tuaj Stephen Tsib La Pena thiab Deborah McCarthy txais tos lawv tus tub Andrew rau lub ntiaj teb. Ob lub lis piam tom qab Andrew yug, nws pib ua pa ceev thiab yog rushed rau Oakland cov me nyuam lub tsev kho mob. Nws tau kuaj nrog ib lub plawv defect, endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) – characterized los ntawm ib tug thickened inner lining ntawm lub plawv. Stephen thiab Deborah twb nyuam qhuav poob lawv tus ntxhais Sarah, uas yog rau (6) lub hlis qub, rau EFE. Thaum tsib lub hlis-laus, Andrew yog terminally mob thiab desperately xav tau ib lub plawv transplant. Cov neeg transplants muaj tsawg tsawg tsawg lub sij hawm – tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov me nyuam mos liab – tiam sis muaj vam cia rau Andrew. Lo lus tuaj ntawm Fargo, North Dakota tias ib lub plawv muaj. Cov kev sib tw tau txais lub plawv rau California tsis pub dhau sij hawm rau transplant. Tsis pub dhau yim teev, Andrew tus khoom plig ntawm lub plawv tshiab yog zoo tu qab tso thiab ntse transplanted – dua li uas ploj lawm lub qhov rais zoo tagnrho plaub-teev qhov rais rov qab thiab transplant ib lub plawv. Andrew lub plawv beats tam sim no muaj zog dua puas tau thiab tseem ua tus tshaj tawm hauv lub neej nws yog selflessly gifted. Andrew tas nws master tus kawm ntawv, stepped ko taw rau tag nrho cov continents, xyuas 40-plus lub teb chaws thiab hais lus tsib hom lus. Nws pledges ib txwm nrhiav ib txoj kev los pab cov neeg thiab kis tau zoo zog rau lwm tus. Andrew thiab cov McCann ua ib tshwj xeeb nyiaj nyob txuas nrog kev tawm thiab txawm muab ib pluag mov ua ke – nrog Andrew tus poj niam – ntawm lub McCann lub tsev thaum Andrew nyob Fargo.

Txog Fargo cua tsev cia puav pheej
Pib nyob rau xyoo 2001, Fargo cua tsev cia puav pheej yog ib lub koom haum nonprofit uas pab txhawb kev txaus siab rau aviation los ntawm kev kawm ntawv, preservation thiab restoration. North Dakota tus premiere aviation lo lus uas peb, lub tsev khaws puav pheej Fargo yog tsev aircraft ntawm tag nrho eras – los ntawm lub ntiaj teb no niaj hnub hawk unmanned reconnaissance drone nrog ib impressive 100-taw wingspan rau cov "feem ntau yog recreation ntawm ib Wright kwv tij' ya lub koom haum Smithsonian tau pom." Ib "ya" tsev cia puav pheej, muaj ntau lub airplanes tej zaum coj mus saum ntuj, ib feature feature tsis pom muaj nyob rau feem coob ntawm lub teb chaws cov tsev khaws puav pheej. Kawm ntxiv ntawm fargoairmuseum.org

Txog North Dakota cua lub teb chaws ceev xwm
119th Wing lub hom phiaj yog muab kawm thiab npaj Airmen executing ntiaj teb hoob kawm MQ-9 precision nres thiab reconnaissance, kinetic thiab cov-kinetic phiaj txoj kev ntse ntau lawm, thiab expeditionary txhawb peevxwm rau lub teb chaws thiab lub xeev. Kawm ntxiv ntawm 119wg.ang.af.mil

Hu Rau:
Jackie Williams, Fargo cua tsev cia puav pheej
701-212-5704 jackie@fargoairmuseum.org

Sarah Sonn, LifeSource
415-806-1467 ssonn@life-source.org

CMSgt David H Lipp, 119th Wing PA/NDANG
701-306-4930 david.h.lipp.mil@mail.mil