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Remembering An Arizona Pilot Who Saved Lives Delivering Blood

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August 08, 2016

Mac McClure (left) flew more than 800 blood missions for Flights for Life. Volunteer pilots with the group help supply remote hospitals with blood every day. McClure died Tuesday in a plane crash. Ray Reher is also pictured here. (Stina Sieg/KJZZ)

In January, we brought you the story of a group of Arizona pilots who volunteer to fly blood to rural hospitals. One of the pilots we featured died last week in a plane crash during a blood delivery.

Stina Sieg from Here & Now contributor KJZZ in Phoenix has this remembrance.

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Stina Sieg, senior field correspondent for KJZZ in Phoenix, Arizona. She tweets @StinaSieg.

This segment aired on August 8, 2016.