Missouri Guard Airman Aids Ailing Firefighter on Plane

Sep 27, 2024
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – On Sept. 2, while returning from a fire assignment in Oregon, Ben Wagner

From left, Ben Wagner, a U.S. Forest Service assistant fire management officer, Maj. Alana Taylor, a nurse practitioner with the 139th Medical Group, Missouri Air National Guard, and Jeff Taylor, Alana’s husband and a firefighter paramedic, share breakfast at an airport in Denver Sept. 2, 2024. Wagner was suffering from severe dehydration and exhaustion midflight when the Taylors stepped in to assist.

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