- Dates
- 1981-03 – 1981-04
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcaretransportationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Alex Siudara’s letter thanks island responders after a skiing hip fracture. It describes stretcher assistance, transport to Welke Aviation, a flight to Harbor Springs, and onward ambulance transport to Little Traverse Hospital.
Evidence and limits
The published letter is a first-person account and does not provide an incident report, flight log, diagnosis, or treatment record.
Sources
- Thanks Jim McDonough, Michael Green, Vera Timsak, Bill Welke, Fran Teeter, and Dr. Christie for responding after a skiing hip fracture and arranging transport to Harbor Springs and Little Traverse Hospital. The letter is a personal account, not an EMS, aviation, or clinical record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page combined March and April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the thank-you letter.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Alex Siudara thanks island rescuers after a skiing fracture, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-alex-siudara-ski-fracture-evacuation-1981/, accessed [date], citing Alex Siudara, letter of thanks, Beaver Beacon, March & April 1981. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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