Today, March 13, 2000 I sit here with a heavy heart. This is the
     day that an extremely dear friend shall be laid to rest. My 
     friend, my old partner Terry...someone that I shall never forget.

     It seems that there will always be that special person that you 
     work with in the field of EMS that will always be a stand out in 
     your mind, for me, that person was Terry.

     I met Terry many years ago when I was still a volunteer on that 
     first small service I began my EMS career with. He worked for a 
     larger paid service in a nearby town. We often took patients in 
     to this town and I saw Terry on several occasions, both at the 
     hospital, at the EMS station there in town and since it was a 
     small community at many other places and we would always 
     exchange hello's and visit for a while.

     A few years later I had moved to this larger town and began
     working for this service and surprise, surprise...Terry became 
     my partner when I first arrived. I watched him in great awe for
     the skills that he had. Not that he would ever admit to being as 
     good as he was, he was very quiet and humble with a true love 
     for the job and a heart of gold. Whether it be towards a patient
     he was caring for, a co-worker or a friend he always had a smile
     and never came across with any airs of knowing more or being 
     better...though he truly was one of the best.

     At first when I began working with Terry I wasn't sure how well 
     we would get along as he was so very queit and I can tend to be 
     a chatterbox at times...*smiles*. But the more time I spent 
     around this wonderful friend the more I got to know him. He had 
     a wonderful dry sense of humor and a giving spirit that was 
     indeed true and genuine from the heart. If ever anything needed 
     to be done, or someone needed help...Terry was there.

     We saw each other through good days and bad and though I am sure
     that Terry didn't agree with everything that may have gone on 
     around him, he never complained. As we all tend to do both of us 
     moved on from that town to other parts of our lives, though 
     always we remained good friends. 

     It was with great sadness that I was contacted a few days ago 
     with the sad news of my dear friends death. But then again, this 
     is Terry we are talking about. A very dear friend, a truly 
     outstand paramedic and person. He died doing what he loved, he 
     was at work. He had moved on to be a flight medic with a large 
     service and was on the job when their helicopter went down. 
     There were no survivors in this accident and many hearts are 
     hurting, many tears are flowing...mine along with many, many 
     others. So here I just wish to take a moment of silence to say a 
     simple prayer, to remember a true "hero" in my eyes and to 
     say...I will never forget, this is my page dedicated to my dear 
     friend Terry.

Amazing Grace