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Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 Alive 17,745 days

The emergency helipad at Red Rock Canyon

This is where I go sometimes after work to just sit and think. Thereʼs nothing here except a picnic bench, some tumbleweeds, and the occasional wild horse. The helipad is used to remove the bodies of the injured and dead tourists who donʼt take the desert seriously.

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Up, up, and away!

Monday, April 5th, 1999 Alive 10,205 days

Air 11 taking off from KHOU/Houston

I now work for a television station with its own helicopter: Air 11 (N311TV).

Sure, we had Skycam 12 when I was in Cincinnati, but really that was WLWʼs helicopter, and they just let us come along for the ride.

Every new employee at KHOU gets a ride in the helicopter, and if you donʼt lose your lunch, you get a pin to wear thatʼs a little pair of wings with an “11” in the center. I hope I donʼt barf when itʼs my turn.

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