Farmingdale nonprofit marks 1,000th airlift
Photo credit: Nathaniel Herz | Jessie Fletcher, 23, exits the plane belonging to Don Catalano (L), 55, of Smithtown, at Farmingdale's Republic Airport after a flight from Boston's Logan Airport organized by the Farmingdale-based nonprofit Patient AirLift Services. Fletcher, a former Marine sniper, is doing rehabilitation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after losing both his legs in Afghanistan. (July 14, 2012)
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Don Catalano taxied his Piper Meridian six-seater onto the runway at Boston's Logan Airport Saturday and radioed air traffic controllers that Hero Flight One-Delta-Mike was ready for takeoff.
Catalano, 55, of Smithtown, was on his way to Baltimore, where he was due to drop off Jessie Fletcher, 23, a Marine sniper who lost both legs in Afghanistan -- and Fletcher's girlfriend, Emily Ball, 24.
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