Family Members Updates

This Post is for Family Members to provide Updates on the recovery of Hayley, Julia and Liam.  To post an update please use the "Comment" Link below.

Liga Youth Status Update

Julia is out of surgery! Surgeon says he successfully reconnected ligaments and fused 5 vertebrae. Her prognosis for a full recovery is excellent. The right orbital bone was also successfully repaired. The torn ACL will be repaired at a later date. Thank you all for your prayers & concern. Please continue to pray for her to have emotional and physical strength to get through the rehabilitation that will follow. Julia’s mother and father send their blessings and thank you all for your prayers and support.

Liam is now at home. He did suffer from an ankle fracture and is equipped with a boot. It remains to be determined if he will require any plastic surgery for his facial injuries.

Hayley is in good hands at a trauma center in San Diego. Her condition remains guarded but stable.

Liam returns to school

Medical status update

Dear Liga family member
Update as of Friday morning:

On Wednesday afternoon Liam and Julia were checked in at a Trauma Center in San Diego where they have received a thorough assessment. With better CT technology, they think Julia may need a little work on an eye socket and she also has a vertebra fracture that will need surgery. Still, she is smiling and glad her dad bought her an iPhone 4s so she could Facebook!. Liam has an ankle sprain. Both Liam and Julia will most likely to be released in a few days.

Hayley arrived in San Diego late Thursday. As we get additional information we will be sure to pass it along. Things are getting better daily!

So many Liga members have been working hard to help all four families with the aftermath of this event. What an amazing group of people Liga is made up of!

AOPA writer Dave Hirschman was on scene in Mexico last weekend with Liga and has published this article and video regarding the crash. Not what we had hoped for when we invited them down.

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2012/120607medical-volunteer-flight-turns-tragic.html?WT.mc_id=120608epilot&WT.mc_sect=tts&cmp=ePlt:Phto

The Liga Executive Team,

Janet Lapp, President
Winnie Parish, President-Elect
Stephen Blythe, Treasurer

Medical Status Update

Additional Update:

Hayley is expected to be transported out of Mexico Thursday and will be admitted to a Trauma Center in San Diego. She is still on a ventilator because she is sedated (in a medically induced coma). Her brain swelling has decreased to the point they will slowly be taking her out of sedation after she is evaluated in the new facility. The plan is to also treat her for her collapsed lung, her ankle fracture and her vertebrae fractures there. Her grandmother (Janet) and parents have remained at her side.

John F. Slater`s family has request we post the information for his Memorial Service. We have posted this information on our Website Home Page.

A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of John F. Slater Saturday, June 9th at
St. Matthews United Methodist Church, 2540 West. Baseline Road, Mesa, AZ 85202
Service will begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary, Reception to immediately follow in the fellowship hall on the same grounds.

Donations are being accepted in honor of John F. Slater on the Liga International website, www.ligainternational.org or via mail to Liga International, 19671 Lucaya Ct., Apple Valley, CA 92308

Status Update - Comming Home

Dear Liga Family member,

As of this morning, here is what we do know:

Earlier this morning Jody Goodenough flew her Jet King Air to Los Mochis to pick up Liam Guzman, Julia Tower and their family members. They will be flown back to San Diego this afternoon. Both Liam and Julia are in stable condition. In the accident Julia suffered some long, deep lacerations to her arm, upper chest and shoulder and leg. She has some damage to her knee and a collar bone fracture. Liam has a collar bone fracture, a minor contusion to his lung, various cuts and scrapes and some small facial fractures including under one eye.

Hayley is doing somewhat better. We are working with an air medical transport company for her transportation back to the San Diego area. They are in direct contact with the Los Mochis hospital medical staff and hoping to bring her back to the San Diego on Thursday. In the accident she suffered a collapsed lung; suffered brain swelling and was placed late Saturday afternoon in a medically induced coma.

Memorial Services for John Slater:
Memorial Service to celebrate John Slater will be held on Saturday, June 9th at St. Mathews United Methodist Church, 2540 W. Baseline Road, Mesa, AZ 85202. Services will begin at 1 pm. Reception to immediately follow. Kathi Blythe is our representative to help the families. She is in direct contact with them to provide them with any assistance they may need.

There has been an enormous outpouring of love and concern for John's family, Liam, Julia and Hayley and their families. Many have inquired about what they can do and how to send their note of support to the families involved. If you wish to send cards or notes to any of the families you can use our website member search to find there contact information. As more information becomes available to us about the three injured passengers or about the services for John Slater we will be passing them along to you.

We are all still trying to deal with what happened over the weekend. As more information comes in and we are able to better sort things out, we will be sending you more information. One thing that has emerged very clearly is that many people in our Liga family, both here and in Mexico, did an extraordinary job under extreme circumstances this past weekend. For this we are grateful and proud. We know, beyond a doubt, we are part of a caring and compassionate family made up of amazing individuals! We understand that this tragedy affects all of us in a different ways and to a different degree. We hope to soon put something in place to help us all have a forum and resources to help us through this as a group.

Our condolences and prayers go out to John and to his family for this terrible loss. We also send our prayers for the complete and fast recovery of the other victims of this tragic event.



The Liga Executive Team,

Janet Lapp, President
Winnie Parish, President-Elect
Stephen Blythe, Treasurer

Medical Status Update

Dear Liga family member

Update as of Monday morning:

Liam and Julia are expected to be released as early as Tuesday. They each have a parent there who will travel home with them. They are in stable condition. They are expecting to return home on Wednesday.

Hayley is doing somewhat better and hopefully she will be released later in the week. She is still in critical condition but her vital signs are improving.

Media calls. Please, don't talk to the media. Refer all media requests to Pat Spier. Get their name and number and tell Pat via email, brthnrs@charter.net and she will call them back.

Also, Kathi Blythe is our representative to help the families. She is in direct contact with them to provide them with any assistance they may need.

Janet said that she cannot respond to all of the text and phone messages, but that she is okay.

Our condolences and prayers go out to John and to his family for this terrible loss. We also send our prayers for the complete and fast recovery of the other victims of this tragic event. Please know that the Liga Executive Committee is standing by to assist the victims and families in any way that we can. While we understand that many of you may have questions that you want to voice, we would appreciate your indulgence for the immediate future as the leadership team works through the things that we need to do. For the time being, we would ask you to help us in keeping our phone lines open so that we can attend to pressing matters.


The Liga Executive Team,

Janet Lapp, President
Winnie Parish, President-Elect
Stephen Blythe, Treasurer