8 Monday, June 11, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com MOURNING Recent medical school graduate experience with Survival Flight, Hilary Roeder worked with Spoor having been in the process of com- From page 1 in the surgical intensive care unit in pleting the final weeks of their June 2006. training. regarding the risks their jobs present. "He was one of the greatest peo- Punch said Chenault was "the "We deal with risk every day," he ple I worked with," she said. "He kind of guy everyone liked and said. "They understand it, they deal was outstanding." trusted." He said Chenault was with it. It's what they do - it's their She said that he was always will- often put in charge of approaching passion." ing to help her and her classmates, families about donating their loved Spoor had gone on many mis- even when they called at 3 a.m. with ones' organs. sions with a team to remove and an emergency. "He was the go-to guy," he said. transport organs for surgeries at Roeder said her "stomach started Chenault was also the girls' the University Hospital,said Jeffrey turning into knots," as soon as she cross-country and track and field Punch, director of the University's heard about the fatal plane crash. coach at Fr. Gabriel Richard High transplant program. He was finish- "My heart just sunk," she said. School of Ann Arbor. ing his Master's degree in clinical Punch said Chenault had also "I remember him teaching me research and would have graduated gone on several missions, but that how to hurdle with his dress pants, this summer. Lapensee and Ashburn had less shirt and shoes on, and his doctors coat, so that every time he jumped a hurdle he looked like a superhero . because his coat would fly up like a e cape," said Eastern Michigan Uni- Review v C A T Simply the Best! versity junior Jennifer Smith, who ran cross-country and track under * *s - Chenault. Fourth-year medical student Carlan Wendler worked with Ash- burn this past March in the car- diothoracic department, which specializes in chest surgeries, as part of his medical school training. He said Ashburn was hardworking and always quick to laugh. An avid hunter, Ashburn was known to demonstrate his turkey call in the operating room, Wendler said. "He was the kind of person we all want tobe like when we grow up into doctors," he said. Punch described Lapensee as fairly quiet and conscientious. He said Lapensee enjoyed flying and also worked as a fireman. Fourth-year medical student Albert Kim spent part of his medi- cal school training working with Lapensee in November 2005. Kim said Lapensee took his job seriously and worked long -hours, but he was always pleasant and easygoing. He said Lapensee was someone who you wanted to be around and work with. "He was really hardworking," he said. Kim said during his first organ recovery mission Lapensee noticed him sitting in the back of the heli- copter and told Kim that next time he should sit in the front so that he would be able to see. On Kim's next flight, he said Lap- ensee immediately remembered him and pulled him aside so he could sit in the front of the helicop- ter. "It was one of the highlights of my year," he said. In a press conference Friday morning, Punch said another pair of lungs was successfully transplanted to the patient who was to receive the organs lost in the crash. He is 4 4 ulasses Start: July /th 800-2Review PrincetonReview.com To play: Complete the grid so that every row, column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. ng or ARE U LOOKING FOR A LOAN 1-888-360-9509 CALL THE EXPERTS FOR FREE ADVICE Gain real world eperience at, FRESHMEN! BUILD YOUR SOPHOMORES! R JUNIORS!* RESUME!! 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