Jonathan

Great news! He is coming home (at least to a local hospital) ! Gonna get a cool helicopter ride, this time he will get to look out the window.

Late nite update... he is out of surgery, off resperator, and being moved back to a room. I will see him in the morning to pass on all the good vibes. Blue Skies, Jonathan

Surgery went well, this morning. He is still "out of it" from being knocked out for surgery. I will be visiting him tommorrow, and will update you all friday. Blue Skies, Jonathan

A card would be great! I can hand deliver it to him anytime. I think he will be in Vegas for another week or so, then back home to Hesperia, where I live also. Let me know what I can do to make this happen. I will most likely be going to see him on wednesday. You can also just send the card to me...email me for my mailing address if you want, jonathanimartin@yahoo.com. Or I can print out emails if you send them to me. Thanks so much, to all that are thinking of him. Mike is his name by the way. I spoke with him on the phone tonight, he had a better night last night, and surgery is planned for tuesday. I will pass that advice regarding the brace on to his wife, who is there with him. Blue skies, Jonathan

Any messages that anyone wants me to give to the pilot, I will galdly do so. Family is visiting him all day, every day. Fellow pilots are too. He has been removed from the T-ICU list, as his condition has improved, and he will be moving to a non ICU room. I will be there in a few days again to give him any messages anyone may want to send. Blue Skies, Jonathan

Hello all, I am a trike pilot, a student of the person who had the accident last saturday. I am the one of the persons in the pictures, in the black t-shirt. He is doing better, broken ankle, leg, pelvis, ribs, all pretty much on the right side. I spent 2 days with him in Vegas at the hospital, and his vitals are good, he is alert, but the ribs give him the most pain. Considering the nature of the accident, he is doing very well. Now it we need to keep is spirits up...he is not used to laying around, he is used to flying! Regarding the crash. We, the other pilots, are still gathering info, and talking to the pilot as to exactly what happened. Prayers to the people and thier families involved the sand rail accident. Blue Skies, Jonathan