Any word yet on the condition of the guy Bumper found in the desert. If the guy really wanted to live, I would think that he would have tried to tracked down the person (Bumper) who saved his life. Just curious.

If I was Bumper I don't think I'd want that dirtbag anywhere near me.

Gump

GumpAir wrote:If I was Bumper I don't think I'd want that dirtbag anywhere near me.

Gump

Your killing me, Gump ! Probably true, though.

Okay guys, keep it clean. AOPA and the man's family have reportedly read this forum.

An update since my last post.

The man we helped save has two brothers and a father. One of the brothers and his dad are also pilots and, I'm told, also read about the incident in AOPA's on-line newsletter.

The man suffered a broken back and was severely dehydrated when we found him. Had reportedly been on the desert for at least 2 days and maybe 3 (though I don't see how someone could survive 3 days out there - - really).

I was told 2nd hand that he is expected to recover and is doing well as can be expected. I'm glad he has family that cares about him and wish him a complete recovery. (With family members that fly, he's gotta have some of the right stuff.)

bumper

Well, then AOPA and the guy's family can pay the $10K Care Flight bill !!!!!!!!!!!! My tax dollars are all used up for this year.

Gump

Opps!!!! Glad the guys doing good. Didn't mean to offend anyone if I did.

bumper wrote:
The man suffered a broken back and was severely dehydrated when we found him. Had reportedly been on the desert for at least 2 days and maybe 3 (though I don't see how someone could survive 3 days out there - - really).

I was told 2nd hand that he is expected to recover and is doing well as can be expected. I'm glad he has family that cares about him and wish him a complete recovery. (With family members that fly, he's gotta have some of the right stuff.)

bumper

You know Bumper, this man owes you his life..I would hope you publish the thankyou card when you get it..first hand..
Bob

Man rescued in desert is AOPA member's son
By Alyssa J. Miller

When John Kenny of Arizona read AOPA’s story about the Husky pilot who found a man lying face down in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert on July 23, he initially didn’t realize he was reading the account of his son’s rescue.

Kenny’s family did some digging and later pieced together that the man was their family member whom they hadn’t heard from for a few days. The man is currently recovering from a broken back in Reno.

“He saved his life, no question about it,” Kenny said of John Morgan, the Nevada AOPA member who found the man. As it turned out, Kenny was also an AOPA member.

As AOPA Online previously reported, Morgan and his wife Jan were flying low over the desert in their Aviat Husky when they spotted a man lying face down. They eventually landed, covered him with the shade of the Husky’s high wing, and raised an airliner flying overhead via 121.5 MHz to request a medical flight.

Upon learning the news that the man was expected to recover, Morgan was overcome with joy, shouting and laughing with relief. Morgan said that he plans to meet with the family this week.

“I’m just really, really thankful we were there,” Morgan said. “That’s just amazing. It just blows me away how it turned out.”

After all, Morgan explained, there are only about 600,000 pilots in the United States, and 415,000 of those are AOPA members. What are the chances that the man they rescued was the son of a pilot and fellow member? Then again, what were the chances that Morgan and his wife would be flying low and slow in that part of the desert, with the man lying just far enough to the right to appear easily in their flight path?

“Thank God for general aviation,” Kenny said. “If that fellow didn’t happen to be flying low and slow, it would have been a different outcome.”

BUMPER!
All jokeing aside....hats off to you! Maybe luck had a lot to do with this situation but you made the best of it. I hope our paths may cross some day...I would like to shake your hand.
I hope everything works out for this man and his family.
HC

hicountry wrote:BUMPER!
All jokeing aside....hats off to you! Maybe luck had a lot to do with this situation but you made the best of it. I hope our paths may cross some day...I would like to shake your hand.
I hope everything works out for this man and his family.
HC

Thank you all for the kind comments. Luck, fate, or happenstance, was really al this was about. No heroics at all and certainly nothing that most anyone on this list wouldn't have done.

I was a cop in Oakland for 10 years, one of the best parts of that job was being able to help people, (you know, the cute blonde who's all alone and calls 'cause she thinks she hears an intruder outside . Like most folks, I will rarely pass up an opportunity to help.