REACT Crew Will “Complete Their Mission”
on Friday, December 14
In a tradition found within the fire and rescue community, the bodies of the REACT helicopter crew members who lost their lives on December 10, 2012, will return to the hangar to complete their mission on Friday morning, December 14.
Members of the regional community of fire, police and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel will escort the bodies of Flight Nurse Jim Dillow; Flight Nurse Karen Hollis; and Pilot Andy Olesen. The procession will depart from the Ogle County Sheriff’s office in Oregon at 10 a.m. and will complete the mission at the REACT hangar located on the western edge of the Rockford Memorial Hospital campus at 2400 North Rockton Ave. at about 10:45. Following a moment of recognition at the hangar, the procession will then depart for individual funeral homes.
Members of the public and the media are invited to line the route of the processional and/or be present at the hangar when the processional arrives. Those who choose to await the processional at the hangar should arrive between 10:15 and 10:30.
The Route
Departing Oregon, Ill. from the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office at about 10 a.m.
- Turn right on Washington Street
- Take the 3rd left on to North River Road
- Continue straight on to IL-72 E
- Turn left on to North Kishwaukee Road
- Turn left on to Kishwaukee Road
- Continue on to Airport Drive
- Turn left on to Beltline Road
- Slight right on to IL-2 North/South Main Street
- Turn left on to South Springfield Ave.
- Turn right on to Auburn Street
- Turn left on to Kilburn Ave.
Turn right on to Glenwood Ave. and arrive at the REACT hangar at about 10:45 a.m.
