{"id":16337,"date":"2018-05-04T08:21:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T12:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/?p=16337"},"modified":"2019-05-30T12:41:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:41:30","slug":"memorial-service-set-honor-medical-helicopter-crash-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flightsafetynet.com\/memorial-service-set-honor-medical-helicopter-crash-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Service Set to Honor Medical Helicopter Crash Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014 Rico Caruso, Klint Mitchell and Greg Rosenthal were killed when the Ascension Wisconsin Spirit helicopter crashed on its way back to its base.<\/span><\/h3>\n

MILWAUKEE – \u00a0A memorial service is scheduled today for the pilot and two crew members killed when a medical helicopter crashed in northern Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

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Channel3000<\/a>\u00a0reported that a memorial service will be held for pilot Rico Caruso, flight paramedic Greg Rosenthal and flight nurse Klint Mitchell, who were killed last week when an Ascension Wisconsin Spirit flight crashed on its way back to its base.<\/p>\n

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The memorial will be held Friday, May 4 in Woodruff at Holy Family Catholic Church at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

The service will be hosted by Ascension Wisconsin Spirit and Air Methods and will include an honor guard presentation and a flyover. The memorial will be available to view live on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Caruso\u2019s\u00a0obituary<\/a>\u00a0described him as someone who was \u201cpassionate about family, friends, aviation, baseball, food and a great bottle of wine or a craft beer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHe will be remembered as someone with a true love for others, a generous heart and relentless smile,\u201d the obituary continued.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0GoFundMe page<\/a>\u00a0was set up to help Rosenthal\u2019s family, and said he \u201cloved his job as a flight for life nurse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo us, he was a hero every day,\u201d the page read.<\/p>\n

A separate memorial service is scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Peterson\/Kraemer Funeral Home to honor Rosenthal in Wausau, according to the\u00a0Wausau Daily Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A procession will be held Thursday that will make its way to Woodruff, where Rosenthal will be buried.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0GoFundMe page<\/a>\u00a0set up to help Klint Mitchell\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, who is set to have their second child in a few weeks, described Mitchell as someone who enjoyed \u201chelping others and saving lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over $40,000 has been raised for his family.<\/p>\n

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