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Year Honored
2008
Honoree
Dana Dedman
Agency
Eagle Air Med
Agency City
Blanding
Agency State
UT
Last Call
10/4/07
Cause of Death
Medical Aviation Accident
Biography
This man, a true professional, gave his life in the line of duty while providing much needed medical services to our Navajo people." We are all in shock, we ask why did this happen," stated a spokesman for the Navajo Nation. "He loved working with the community and he wanted to help people, "stated his wife Vangie. "He loved his work as a paramedic; he was a strong man, with a positive attitude, and very nice," she said.<br /> <br /> Dana Dedman, 32, of Chinle, Arizona, was killed in a Line of Duty death on October 4, 2007. He was one of a three-person medical team conducting a patient transport. The plane departed from the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility to pick up a patient in Alamosa, Colorado. When the air ambulance did not arrive, search was begun and the wreckage was discovered near Charley's Peak, Colorado. There were no survivors.<br /> <br /> Dana served as a flight paramedic with Eagle Air Med, located in Chinle, Arizona, and had been with the company for more than two years. He also worked as a paramedic with the Chinle Ambulance Service.<br /> <br /> He chose this career because it "called to him." He knew the risk involved each time he stepped on that plane, but he would not change a thing. He died doing what he loved to do, helping others.<br /> <br /> Honored 2008