Pilots for Christ fly burn patients to Cincinnati for treatment - for free

6 years ago
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Burn patients, usually children, come to Cincinnati from all over the country for treatment. But many of them can't afford the trip. So a handful of Cincinnati-based pilots fly them where they need to go - for free – on small planes out of Lunken Airport. Five-year-old Gavin Tillman flies regularly from  Kennett, Missouri, for treatment at Shriners Hospital after a house fire a year and a half ago. “It was like someone just knocked the wind out of me,” said his mom Natalie. Retired Delta pilot Jim Schultz and seven other pilots with the local chapter of Pilots for Christ International have given her and Gavin their wind and wings.

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