$$$ NEED AFTER BRAIN/BODY INJURIES
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Fund Drive for (Dusty) Jack Greenawalt
We are starting a gofundme drive for our friend, Firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, and Rescue Technician Dusty Greenawalt. Dusty had been Chief of Mountain Top Fire Company, Sandy Ridge, Pa. for several years starting at age 18, Rescue Chief of Columbia Fire Company, Osceola Mills, Pa. for several years, and has held other offices, such as Asst. Ambulance Chief, Board of Directors, and President of Columbia Fire Relief Assn. He also has been a member of Moshannon Valley Ambulance Service, Central District Firemen’s Assn., and the former Clearfield County Chief’s Assn. He is a member of Mountain Top Fire Co, Columbia Fire Co., B.J.W., and past member of Citizens Fire Company, Tyrone, Pa., and Chester hill Hose Co., Chester Hill, Pa. He has been part of the local fire and EMS companies for 45 years.
As a Chief and member of these organization’s he has brought many new innovations to the Moshannon Valley area for Fire, Ambulance, and Rescue Services. Has spent many, many hours working to save lives and property. He has rescued several people from fires, vehicle accidents, and other types of accidents. He once said, “In this area you’ve got to know everything there is to know about fire, rescue, and the EMS business because you will be tested on your knowledge, just when you’re not expecting it. I have went to a fire, and assisted putting it out, got called to a critical accident, and then drive someone else’s ambulance to the hospital, because both Medics were needed treating the patient on the way to the hospital”.
He said” I have given my life to helping others in any way I could”. “I had hoped to retire from it all someday after I got all the guys trained, and I could sit back and say what a great job they have done”. “The unfortunately part is that we never really get enough trained firefighters and EMS personal, so I love to help the young guys learn”.
Several years ago, the Columbia Fire Company was called to a vehicle accident to assist Philipsburg Fire Dept. where a tractor trailer had flipped onto an auto. Dusty, on his way to work, responded with The Columbia Fire Co. Rescue truck, and began using the rescue airbags to lift the truck off of the auto. After getting to the auto, cutting it apart, it was found that the occupant had passed. Dusty said to the Chief that he was having indigestion and not feeling well, and was going to go sit on the bumper of the rescue. While sitting there, he felt the pain get worse and asked one of the other firefighter’s to get a Medic. As he stood-up trying to get his fire gear off, he dropped face first into the Ambulance on the floor. The Medic began to do advanced life support on him as they headed to the hospital. Dusty said, “thank God for my friends, and to all of those who saved me that day”.
After his first heart attack that day, Dusty had several more within two years of the first. Dusty had his second heart attack after responding to a structure fire at the Presby. Home on Windy Hill. He had several ups and downs, but when well enough, he would respond with the fire and EMS.
About three years ago, Dusty was with the Mountain Top Ambulance at a racetrack, when an altercation began in the pit area. He and his partner responded in the ambulance to see if anyone was injured. While there, six individuals attacked Dusty. One struck him in the back of the head and knocked him out. The others all jumped in kicking, punching, hitting him with rocks and other items, and pretty much left him for dead. One other individual there had to get all the guys off of Dusty, and then he got checked out by his EMT/partner. After the race they went to Clearfield Hospital where Dusty was checked out. He had a severe head and neck injury, injury to his abdomen and kidney, injury to his lower back and legs, along with numerous cuts and abrasions. Over the past three years he has not been able to work at all, and has been hospitalized seven times for his head, surgery of his abdomen, partial paralyses to his left arm, leg, and lung. He has had pneumonia 14 months on and off out of the past three years. He has been diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD, endocarditis involving his liver, kidneys, and pancreas, COPD, and is losing his muscles from some type of auto-immune disorder, which is possibly ALS. He has been trying to get to the Cleveland Clinic and Washington Cardiology Center since November of last year for further testing but needs help financially to do so. Since not being able to work part-time, he is losing his home and everything he had worked for. His medicine was 3,000 a month, but he has been able to get some help with that.
Dusty said “After all the years helping others, I never expected to find myself in need of help. I was and still am the one who wants to help. It had been hard enough for me and my family since the first heart attack, but without being able to work at all since being beaten, I have not been able to keep up with financial obligations, and have been foreclosed on my home, which was paid for at the beginning of all this trouble. I had long term disability at the beginning, but due to the fact I wanted to work at least part-time, it was taken away. Until I was beaten, I thought I was covered by insurance and Worker’s Comp., but because I was partially disabled, nothing ever kicked in.”
We are raising the money for Dusty to pay bills, take care of the foreclosure on his home, get the medication he needs, pay for appointments to continue figuring ways to help the brain trauma and his overall health, keep his utilities on, invest into his health with a technology he has tried and helps him immensely, seek legal advice, offer to pay those who drive him to appointments. Basically to get him back on his way to greatly improved health so he can function again and get a job.
Partial funds are needed immediately.
“After all this, I would love to get my health better, be able to live in my home while watching my children and grandchildren grow-up. And maybe even be well enough to take them places to see and do things they haven’t seen or done. I want to thank you all. God Bless all of you, Dusty”
We are starting a gofundme drive for our friend, Firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, and Rescue Technician Dusty Greenawalt. Dusty had been Chief of Mountain Top Fire Company, Sandy Ridge, Pa. for several years starting at age 18, Rescue Chief of Columbia Fire Company, Osceola Mills, Pa. for several years, and has held other offices, such as Asst. Ambulance Chief, Board of Directors, and President of Columbia Fire Relief Assn. He also has been a member of Moshannon Valley Ambulance Service, Central District Firemen’s Assn., and the former Clearfield County Chief’s Assn. He is a member of Mountain Top Fire Co, Columbia Fire Co., B.J.W., and past member of Citizens Fire Company, Tyrone, Pa., and Chester hill Hose Co., Chester Hill, Pa. He has been part of the local fire and EMS companies for 45 years.
As a Chief and member of these organization’s he has brought many new innovations to the Moshannon Valley area for Fire, Ambulance, and Rescue Services. Has spent many, many hours working to save lives and property. He has rescued several people from fires, vehicle accidents, and other types of accidents. He once said, “In this area you’ve got to know everything there is to know about fire, rescue, and the EMS business because you will be tested on your knowledge, just when you’re not expecting it. I have went to a fire, and assisted putting it out, got called to a critical accident, and then drive someone else’s ambulance to the hospital, because both Medics were needed treating the patient on the way to the hospital”.
He said” I have given my life to helping others in any way I could”. “I had hoped to retire from it all someday after I got all the guys trained, and I could sit back and say what a great job they have done”. “The unfortunately part is that we never really get enough trained firefighters and EMS personal, so I love to help the young guys learn”.
Several years ago, the Columbia Fire Company was called to a vehicle accident to assist Philipsburg Fire Dept. where a tractor trailer had flipped onto an auto. Dusty, on his way to work, responded with The Columbia Fire Co. Rescue truck, and began using the rescue airbags to lift the truck off of the auto. After getting to the auto, cutting it apart, it was found that the occupant had passed. Dusty said to the Chief that he was having indigestion and not feeling well, and was going to go sit on the bumper of the rescue. While sitting there, he felt the pain get worse and asked one of the other firefighter’s to get a Medic. As he stood-up trying to get his fire gear off, he dropped face first into the Ambulance on the floor. The Medic began to do advanced life support on him as they headed to the hospital. Dusty said, “thank God for my friends, and to all of those who saved me that day”.
After his first heart attack that day, Dusty had several more within two years of the first. Dusty had his second heart attack after responding to a structure fire at the Presby. Home on Windy Hill. He had several ups and downs, but when well enough, he would respond with the fire and EMS.
About three years ago, Dusty was with the Mountain Top Ambulance at a racetrack, when an altercation began in the pit area. He and his partner responded in the ambulance to see if anyone was injured. While there, six individuals attacked Dusty. One struck him in the back of the head and knocked him out. The others all jumped in kicking, punching, hitting him with rocks and other items, and pretty much left him for dead. One other individual there had to get all the guys off of Dusty, and then he got checked out by his EMT/partner. After the race they went to Clearfield Hospital where Dusty was checked out. He had a severe head and neck injury, injury to his abdomen and kidney, injury to his lower back and legs, along with numerous cuts and abrasions. Over the past three years he has not been able to work at all, and has been hospitalized seven times for his head, surgery of his abdomen, partial paralyses to his left arm, leg, and lung. He has had pneumonia 14 months on and off out of the past three years. He has been diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD, endocarditis involving his liver, kidneys, and pancreas, COPD, and is losing his muscles from some type of auto-immune disorder, which is possibly ALS. He has been trying to get to the Cleveland Clinic and Washington Cardiology Center since November of last year for further testing but needs help financially to do so. Since not being able to work part-time, he is losing his home and everything he had worked for. His medicine was 3,000 a month, but he has been able to get some help with that.
Dusty said “After all the years helping others, I never expected to find myself in need of help. I was and still am the one who wants to help. It had been hard enough for me and my family since the first heart attack, but without being able to work at all since being beaten, I have not been able to keep up with financial obligations, and have been foreclosed on my home, which was paid for at the beginning of all this trouble. I had long term disability at the beginning, but due to the fact I wanted to work at least part-time, it was taken away. Until I was beaten, I thought I was covered by insurance and Worker’s Comp., but because I was partially disabled, nothing ever kicked in.”
We are raising the money for Dusty to pay bills, take care of the foreclosure on his home, get the medication he needs, pay for appointments to continue figuring ways to help the brain trauma and his overall health, keep his utilities on, invest into his health with a technology he has tried and helps him immensely, seek legal advice, offer to pay those who drive him to appointments. Basically to get him back on his way to greatly improved health so he can function again and get a job.
Partial funds are needed immediately.
“After all this, I would love to get my health better, be able to live in my home while watching my children and grandchildren grow-up. And maybe even be well enough to take them places to see and do things they haven’t seen or done. I want to thank you all. God Bless all of you, Dusty”
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Jack Dusty Greenawalt
Organizer
Sandy Ridge, PA