An honour to chip in a few quid.

Best Wishes to Capt. Al and his familt and to all ppruners in the air or on the ground

Further to the above, the site is down at the present. For once not a problem as the reason given is due to the massive response

Back to the top with my tuppence worth :)

Good luck to the lady in question and best wishes to everybody :ok:



Due to an overwhelming response, our system is having difficulty accepting online donations. Please call Toll Free: (800) 489-3863 or in the Memphis Area: (901) 684-1697. You can email us at [email protected] .We apologize for any inconvenience. Please try again at another time.

The online system seems to working again despite the notice - I just got through okay.

it wont work:(

i would gladly, and humbly! give up one night out to help ease the suffering of a man whos actions prevented the suffering of so many familys!

i shall try again tommorrow

I'll donate a bit too. Wasn't sure whether to vote for Captain Haynes or Eric Moody in Balpa's all time great list, but I think Captain Haynes gets my vote!

I donated a bit as well, I'm curious if she is suffering from the same thing as his wife and son. I'll never understand why bad things happen to good people.

I have just my donation from Denmark - no problems there. Regards Twin2040.

I'm in too.
Good luck and the best of new years to those involved.
NP.:ok:

Saturday, December 27, 2003 · Last updated 12:46 p.m. PT

Pilot who made heroic crash-landing now tries to save daughter

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATAC, Wash. -- More than a decade ago, Capt. Al Haynes saved 185 lives when he crash-landed a DC-10 in Sioux City, Iowa, after its center engine exploded.

Now he's trying to save one more.

His daughter, Laurie Haynes Arguello, has aplastic anemia, a condition in which her bone marrow cannot produce enough white or red blood cells. She needs a marrow transplant, and although she has a donor lined up, she doesn't have the $156,000 that her insurance will not pay.

So she and her dad, accompanied by 25 of their friends, have started raising money. In two weeks they have raised more than $30,000, much of it from Haynes' associates in the Airline Pilots Association and the Association of Flight Attendants.

"My wife died in 1999, my oldest son was killed in a motorcycle crash (in 1997), and now this is coming up with my daughter," he said. "So we're having our share of bad luck; but we learned a long time ago that it doesn't do you any good to cry about it. You just do what you can and deal with what you have."

Haynes was the pilot of United Airlines Flight 232 when its engine burst on July 19, 1989. Haynes had almost no control, but he and others in the cockpit managed to divert the plane to Sioux City and crash-land it using only its throttles. Of the 292 people on board, 185 survived.

Arguello, 39, was diagnosed with the disorder in December 2001. A form of chemotherapy called ATG, for antithymocyte globulin, reduced her symptoms for nine months, leading to some hope the condition had been cured.

It hadn't, which meant a transplant was her only option. She went through another session of ATG anyway.

"We hoped it would hold me out until we could collect the deposit," said Arguello, who has a 9-year-old son.

By "deposit," she means the $256,000 in all the operation would cost. Her insurance, through Washington state, covers $100,000.

And even after that, follow-up visits and anti-rejection drugs will likely cost at least another $100,000. For that reason, Haynes and Arguello are trying to raise $250,000.

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Editors: To make a donation, go to www.friendsforlauri.com or write to the National Foundation for Transplants in behalf of Laurie Arguello:

NFT for Laurie Arguello

P.O. Box 7781

Covington, WA 98042

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...lug=WA%20Pilot's%20Daughter

Does anyone know how we have gone so far and how much more is needed to get to the target?

There appears to be a problem (again) - the following appeared when I clicked on the "make a donation".
Unexpected Error

An unexpected error occurred: Database NFT_Patients_ is not available.

Click the Back button on your browser to return to the previous page

On Dec 27th, I sent an email to the donor site to inquire about the funds raised. However, because of the holidays, I haven't received a reply. As soon as possible, I will post the current amount in the fund.
Happy New Year

I'm a train driver who's had the good fortune to fly a good few tens of thousands of miles on the flight deck of the 747-400 with my Capt mate. I hold you guys and your profession in the highest esteem and always feel comfortable knowing that if anything does go wrong - then there are men and women at the sharp end who, by their training, their skill and their professionalism will give you the best chance of walking away.

Here's to Capt Haynes - he did his best when other lives depended on it - we can now do our best for him.

flange

Made a donation this morning, no problems as far as I am aware.

Same as Kaptin M here .... "unexpected error, etc". Suggestions anyone?

Still not working, suppose its good in a way if it can't cope with the demands of the donating public...

Sitting here watching television and just saw the commercial for the upcoming local news this evening -- this story is to be featured during the broadcast...

Tried to make a donation, still gives unexpected error.....any solutions anyone? And for all of you that lack a compassionate and helping thought to this hard strucken family, -keep your opinions to yourselfs please and stay of this forum!!

I tried again, a couple of hours ago, and again got the "Unexpected Error", so I emailed the lady in charge of their website comms, Janice Hill - whose address is [email protected] telling her the same.

With a bit of luck she'll rectify the problem so that we can keep the ball rolling.

Captain Haynes' daughter is indeed blessed to have a compatable donor. I met a 15 year-old girl who was in hospital with the same diagnosis (as a direct result of using anti-malarial medication) who was not so fortunate, in spite of having 2 brothers.

As an adjunct to this story, and other related conditions requiring bone marrow transplants, I would strongly urge many of you who are expecting children to look at the Stem Cell harvesting and storage programmes - the potential in that area is phenomenal, and without the associated sideline issues involved in bone marrow donor transplants.