Tue, Mar 09, 2004
Crash Survivors Donate To Save Capt. Al Haynes's Daughter
Some of the survivors of
United Airlines Flight 232 have found a way to repay a pilot who
helped save their lives 15 years ago. They are pitching in for his
daughter's bone-marrow transplant. Al Haynes' plea for his
daughter, Laurie Arguello, helped her raise the $256,000 needed for
the procedure. Haynes is known for a heroic crash landing in July
19, 1989, when the United Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 he was
piloting encountered sever system failures after an engine fan
blade disintegrated. The crew used throttles on the two remaining
engines to make an emergency landing in Sioux City. Of the 296
persons aboard, 184 survived.
Contributions poured in after Haynes sent a letter last year to
friends saying that his 39-year-old daughter was trying to raise
money for the surgery and subsequent care. Word also spread through
national and local media coverage.
“I read a letter from someone whose friend didn't survive
Flight 232,” Arguello told The Seattle Times. “They
made a donation in that person's name, which made me
cry.”
Arguello was diagnosed in December 2001 with aplastic anemia, a
condition in which her bone marrow cannot produce enough blood
cells. Survivors said they wanted to help not because of what
Haynes and his crew did more than a decade ago, but because of the
support he has provided since. Arguello has two potential
bone-marrow donors lined up. A transplant could take place this
spring. She is continuing to raise money in case complications
raise the cost of her treatment.
“He has always had time for anyone connected with the
crash,” said Jerry Schemmel, a survivor who is a radio
announcer for the NBA's Denver Nuggets. “I've become more
impressed with the man that he has become since the crash than the
man he was in the cockpit that day.”
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