LIFE STAR survivors

Bridgette Landry
Stroke Patient

"Without LIFE STAR I don't know if I would be sitting here today talking to you right now. If it saves one life, that's one life that is still here today because of that helicopter."

Debra Moran and son
Arthur Moran
Arthur was a trauma patient

"When I heard that LIFE STAR might be cut my heart sunk. How can you put a price tag on someone's life; your own child's life, your motherʼs life, your husband's life? LIFE STAR saves lives, itʼs there for a reason and it shouldn't be taken away from Eastern Connecticut.

Joseph Buyak
Hartford Police Department Captain and a cardiac patient

"I can understand that we're in tough economic times and I can respect an administrator's position on trying to save a buck. However ... doing away with a program like that, in that (rural) part of the state, is absurd. If you save one life by using the LIFE STAR helicopter then itʼs all worth it. I hope and pray that they'll make the right decision and keep it where it should be."