Patient Story: Kallaway Thebarge
March 5, 2026
“They’re family now. I replay that day often, and it wouldn’t have gone as well without their comfort and support,” – Lindsey Thebarge
Cal Harrington’s LifeFlight Story
February 6, 2026
To most people, Cal Harrington seems to be your typical toddler. He enjoys playing with trucks and building pillow forts at his house. He’s recently stepped into the role of big brother and helps his mom and dad give the baby a bottle — just don’t ask him to change a diaper. His favorite food […]
Patient Story: John Beaupre
December 8, 2025
“We don’t appreciate you guys until we really need you,” John Beaupre shared in a recent conversation with LifeFlight of Maine staff members. John has quite the story to tell — even before he gets to the part where he’s lying unconscious in the back of a LifeFlight helicopter in March 2025 — and he’s […]
Patient Story: Mitchell Stein
October 14, 2025
On April 17, 2025, as Mitchell Stein lay in bed at MidCoast Hospital in Brunswick, his family wasn’t sure if he’d live to see another day. “The first emergency room doctor told my wife, ‘Prepare yourself, he may not make it,’” recalled Mitchell in a recent conversation. He had an 80 percent blockage in his […]
Patient Story: Kinsley Spencer
August 6, 2025
Six-year-old Kinsley Spencer loves going to the beach, camping, and spending time with her younger sister, Kallie. Kinsley has cerebral palsy (CP), which affects her movement, balance, and muscle control, but as a kindergartner she doesn’t let her condition hold her back from doing the activities she enjoys. Together, the family goes on adventures, exploring […]
Patient Story: Stacie Newman
July 7, 2025
This story appeared in the July 2025 issue of “Dispatches.“ Stacie Newman remembers the June 2017 birth of her son, Joseph, as a smooth process with no complications. While she admits the unknowns of childbirth can be scary, especially the first time, everything went as planned for Stacie and her husband, Zach, who drove to […]
Patient Story: Hollye Lord
June 4, 2025
“I’m a lifelong Washington County girl,” Hollye Lord said during a recent visit to LifeFlight of Maine’s Bangor hangar. She lives in Meddybemps, a small community between Calais and Machias. She has worked as a nurse at Down East Community Hospital in Machias for the past five years, and prior to that at Calais Community […]
Patient Story: Oliver White
April 1, 2025
On October 17, 2024, LifeFlight of Maine completed its 40,000th patient transport. Oliver White, who had a life-threatening congenital heart defect, was transported in a LifeFlight helicopter from Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Max and April White never expected their son’s first flight to […]
Phoebe Root
March 11, 2025
“We got a call from Boston Children’s that they had a liver for me, and I needed to go immediately.” – Phoebe Root
David Willis’s LifeFlight Story: “Everything lined up perfectly”
December 31, 2024
David Willis is no stranger to responding to emergencies. He’s volunteered as a firefighter for more than a decade. In 2020, he moved back to Bethel, Maine, from Vermont to take a new job as the Assistant Head of School for Finance and Operations at Gould Academy. He’s also the head coach of the Boys […]
