Super Tuesday....for a different reason

At approximately 10:15 am this morning Tony took off from Oxnard Airport for the next journey on his road to recovery...Craig Hospital, a top spinal cord injury rehabilitation center in Denver, CO. Tony was transported from VCMC to the airport via ambulance with a full motorcade of fellow CHP and local PD officers while Carrie rode with Tony in the ambulance, and his mom and dad (Peggy & Jon) in a squad car. There were many tears shed as Tony was taken out of the ambulance and moved to the plane to an ovation from his colleagues, family, and a few close friends. Tony raised his hand in appreciation and gave everyone a "thumbs up." After a few goodbyes, he was loaded into the plane and off he went with Carrie, a nurse, respiratory specialist and the pilot & co-pilot. It was truly a magical day...a Super Tuesday.

Carrie has already informed us that the flight was smooth and they have landed in Denver. There's snow on the ground and it's 17F.

I have downloaded a few pictures from the event and really hope the videos I took can be viewed without any problems (my first attempt at using my camera as a video recorder). I plan to post 4 videos, so if you don't see all of them posted, please come back later to see if they're there (it takes quite some time to upload these large files).

Motorcade arriving at Oxnard Airport


Tony being transferred to the plane
(It's bigger tham 100MB size limit, so look for link on right (top) to a YouTube site where it can be viewed or simply click here: http://www.youtube.com/mshaffer65)

Plane pulling away and taxiing to runway


Liftoff....on to Denver