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Fairlie man Bryan McNab was delivering baleage when wind dislodged a bale from the truck, pinning him to the ground.
Bryan was struggling to move - he knew the damage was bad. That`s why he was so relieved to see the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
Thanks to the support of his community - and his loyal companion Tyke the Blue Heeler - Bryan is on the mend.
“𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿.”
Read Bryan`s story here: https://www.airrescue.co.nz/stories/natures-fury/
Or see the Patient Stories link in our Linktree
The Rescue Warriors Live Team has hit the mainland ... and West Coast, they`re coming your way!
The Rescue Warriors will be arriving in Reefton tomorrow (Saturday) and then riding from Reefton through to Kumara, via Greymouth, on Sunday.
These amazing mid-Canterbury blokes are cycling the length of New Zealand for the Westpac Rescue Helicopters. They started in Cape Reinga on 10 February, riding every day since then, covering thousands of kilometres.
If you see them as they ride down the Coast, please give them your support.
To follow their ride, you can track them here: https://mission26.maprogress.com/
Crowds braved the rain for today`s opening of the Fairlie helipad.
This is an incredible asset for the Fairlie community, made possible thanks to the tireless work of Andrew "Buster" Hurst and the community that got behind him.
Thank you for welcoming our beautiful new H145 IGA and our rescue helicopter crew to Fairlie for this wonderful celebration.
Read more here: https://www.airrescue.co.nz/stories/celebrations-at-fairlie-helipad-launch/
Photo credit: Bev Bell
@simplyinspirednz
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is flying into Fairlie for a very special landing today - to officially open the Fairlie helipad.
And it`s thanks to this man - Andrew "Buster" Hurst, a Fairlie farmer, former rescue helicopter patient and Westpac Rescue Helicopter Ambassador.
While building a helipad was more complex than Andrew thought (he admits initially thinking he could just go down with a digger, scrape a bit of grass off and pour some concrete), that didn`t put him off.
Andrew rallied his community and raised the $90,000 required to get this helipad built. If you`re in or around Fairlie today, please join Andrew and the rescue helicopter crew at the launch of this wonderful new community asset.
𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵
𝟭𝟮.𝟭𝟱 - 𝟭.𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗺
𝟰𝟭 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝘁, 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲
Read about Andrew`s rescue here: https://www.airrescue.co.nz/stories/andrews-story/
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