cover of the 2024 LifeFlight calendar

A Year of Stories
from LifeFlight of Maine

LifeFlight of Maine 2024 Calendar

LifeFlight is a unique medical provider that supports every community in Maine. The LifeFlight Foundation produces an annual calendar featuring inspiring stories of our patients, partners, and crew. Here are the stories from 2024 edition.

Don Miller with his wife, Nancy, at LifeFlight's 25th Anniversary Patient Reunion in Bangor on November 4, 2023.

Don Miller

Don Miller was at his camp 40 miles west of Ashland when he developed a brain bleed. LifeFlight flew Don from Presque Isle to Bangor for emergency surgery.

Photo of helicopter on Maine Medical Center rooftoop by rotor wing captain TJ Wesoloski.

Phoebe Root

“We got a call from Boston Children’s that they had a liver for me, and I needed to go immediately.” – Phoebe Root

Archival image of Lifeflight crew on a mission

History

In 1998, Maine was the only state in the country without access to dedicated medical helicopters. Today, LifeFlight of Maine is one of premier air medical programs in the country.

View of helicopter on hospital roof shot from the entry of a second helicopter.

Medical Direction at LifeFlight of Maine

“This is a patient-centric medical enterprise…Our medical direction is daily, it is real, and it is unremitting.” – Norm Dinerman, MD, LifeFlight Founding Medical Director

Cyclists prepare for their Cross for LifeFlight ride

Cross for LifeFlight

LifeFlight’s biggest fundraiser of the year is open to everyone and every activity!

Roger Quehl

“Sometimes we’re called for the unique medical capabilities that we bring and sometimes we’re called for speed.” – Veronica Marzonie, LifeFlight nurse

Eric Brasier poses with his wife and son in front of a LifeFlight airplane.

Eric Brasier

“It’s time to go. The heart is good,” Eric Brasier needed get to Boston for surgery, and quickly.

Cathy Lake in 2023.

Cathy Lake

“I don’t have any memories from Pen Bay or the ICU at Maine Medical Center, but I do have a memory of a helicopter noise.” – Cathy Lake

View of a pink and purple sunset from an open hangar, over the wing and fuselage of LifeFlight airplane.

Matthew and Brian Dolan

“It was a feeling of relief that someone just knows what to do, especially in a rural area.” – Christina Dolan

Lewiston Strong – Remembering October 25, 2023

When the terrible events unfolded in Lewiston in October 2023, LifeFlight immediately mobilized to help treat victims.

LifeFlight helicopter hovers above a hospital rooftop landing pad.

LifeFlight Aviation Services

“In EMS, we make a promise,” says LifeFlight of Maine CEO Joe Kellner. “When you call us, we will come.”

Chris Lirakis with his wife and daughter on vacation in 2023.

Chris Lirakis

“We’re doing really well now. It’s easy to forget what everybody on that helicopter flight had to do.” – Chris Lirakis