Iron 44 chopper crash - A survivor needs help

"Mike Brown Recovery Fund"
All of you know about the loss that the Iron 44 families and friends had to
deal with when the helicopter went down August 5th of this last year
carrying 10 Grayback Forestry Firefighters... 7 of those 10 unfortunately
lost their lives along with 1 very good pilot and a forest service
employee, all doing the job they loved...

The only light to this story is that there were 4 survivors 3 of whom are
Grayback Forestry Firefighters...

This last weekend some of us attended the Wildland Firefighter Foundation
"Family Weekend"... This was a time to pay tribute and remember the
brave souls that were doing their job but lost their lives due to the
various hazards Firefighters have to deal with every shift...

During this weekend one of the survivors received a phone call informing him that his house had burned to the ground, completely... He, his girlfriend and
his mother all lost most of their belongings, they like many couldn't
afford fire insurance living in a rural area...

At this time we have set up a

"Mike Brown Recovery Fund"
SOFCU (Southern Oregon Federal Credit Union)
PO Box 1358
Grant's Pass OR 97528
Attn #110024 (that's the account number) (wlf.com's research)

to try to help him and his family through this tough time and get
them back on their feet... We all know that regardless what happens or what
you're going through, real life keeps going... Bills have to be paid, food
has to be bought and shelter has to be provided... Please help us help Mike
get through yet another tragedy, he's been trying to get out of a hole and
now it just got a h*ll of alot deeper... For those you can't email please
ask them to watch the local news tonight on any channel or read the paper
and those resources should have all the info needed... Thank you for your
time and effort towards this cause.

Jesse Kiene
Asst. Base Manager/Medford
Grayback Forestry

Source: "They said" Wildlandfire.com - Link