Last weekend, the volunteers had been helping out in a small Baja California town called San Ignacio, when their twin-engine Cessna 320E crashed en route to the group's first conference in Ensenada. Investigators are still determining the cause. The tragedy has deeply affected the 350 members of Los Medicos Voladores, which means flying doctors in English. The group was started in 1974 in San Jose by pilot and former Hewlett-Packard Co. engineer Milt Camp, who attended the Mexican conference.
Members say the emotional shock caused by the crash is wearing off, replaced by grief.
We have an optometry team signed up for next month and everyone has assured us they want to go. . . . One of those willing to assume the risk is a cousin of Evette Bryand, a dental assistant who died in the crash. He was the pilot. Deborah Wayne, private cremation in Ensenada. A public service inSan Ignacio to be determined.