[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26106]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                       LIFE LION 15TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. GEKAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, Hershey, Pennsylvania, of course, is known 
throughout the world as the chocolate


capital of the world, but there is another institution in Hershey which 
also is well known and well accepted in the larger community. That is 
the Penn State Hershey Medical Center.
  One of the fantastic services they provide is what is called the Life 
Lion, L-I-O-N, Life Lion service of helicopter emergency retrieval of 
accident victims and emergency victims of all types for transportation 
to the Medical Center, or for transportation from the medical center to 
another institution that is more specialized in the kind of medical 
services required. This helicopter unit is made up of a pilot, a 
paramedic, and a flight nurse, and is nonstop throughout all the days 
and all the weeks of the year.
  What is important for us, and why I bring it to Members' attention 
here today, is that this has been serving as a model throughout the 
Nation for similar types of services, and today they are celebrating 15 
years of excellent service to the community.

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