Chuck,
That's encouraging news. Reminds me of how fragile life is and how resilient
the human sprit can be when necessary. I hope he's back on the stick soon!
Mike V. <><
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:18 PM
Subject: [OM] [OT] Status of the helicopter pilot
> For those of you who've been following the saga of my son's road back to
> health following his September 1999 helicopter crash (wow, it really is
> coming up on two years):
>
> Two weeks ago he started flying again with the New York State Police as
> an "observer". This is not pilot or copilot even but a totally new
> position created (I think) just to accommodate him. He still suffers
> from random bouts of mild vertigo although they are dramatically less
> than immediately after the accident. The observer designation is a
> temporary thing to see how he actually fares with the vertigo while in
> the air. His therapy has been directed first at resolving the problem
> and second at teaching the brain to ignore that part that didn't get
> fixed. If he still can't shake it within the next nine months he will
> likely be placed on medical disability. He will not be a happy camper
> if that happens.
>
> He also had some shoulder surgery recently because of nagging pain which
> has been there ever since the accident. Exploratory surgery found some
> small bone fragments kicking around which had not shown up on Xrays.
> They were removed and he now feels a lot better.
>
> Sorry, no Oly content at all except that all the pictues I take of my
> son and his family are always done with Olympus equipment. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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