Sunday, January 27, 2013

Tragedy in the New Year

Pallbearers prepare to transport Russell Piehl, to  Fairview Cemetery in Denver, Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Piehl was a Mercy AirMed flight paramedic and was killed along with two other crew members in a crash of the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa AirMed helicopter north of Ventura on January 2nd.

The Patriot Guard stands holding flags during the funeral of Russell Piehl, of Forest City, at  Fairview Cemetery in Denver, Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Piehl was a Mercy AirMed flight paramedic in Mason City, and was killed along with two other crew members in a crash of the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa AirMed helicopter north of Ventura on January 2nd.

Melody Piehl, front left, of Forest City, wife of Russell Piehl, reacts as she is surrounded by family and friends during her husbands funeral at Fairview Cemetery in Denver, Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013.
©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier

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