Patient Stories

Patient Story: Shawn Rogers

May 11, 2026

For Shawn Rogers, October 14, 2012, started like any other Sunday. The 24-year-old was newly married to his wife, Maggie, and enjoying the start of their next chapter together. Shawn was doing work around their house in Rochester, New Hampshire, including carrying a recliner up a flight of steps. He slipped and fell about six feet, diving headfirst onto concrete. That’s all he remembers — until he woke up in a hospital in a different state. He was lying in […]

Patient Story: Mark Siner

April 2, 2026

“Had it not been for a LifeFlight pilot hearing a desperate plea for help, I would be a dead man.” That was how Mark Siner greeted his LifeFlight crew about a year after he was crushed by a tree. The crew who cared for him wasn’t sure if he’d make it out of the hospital […]

Patient Story: Dominique and Raelynn Quintal

March 31, 2026

Dominique and Nick Quintal drove from their home in Kingston, Massachusetts, to Bar Harbor, Maine, for what they planned to be a relaxing Labor Day Weekend before the arrival of their first baby. Dominique, who was 30 weeks along, said the couple spent the first day of their babymoon walking around the town and relaxing […]

Patient Story: Kallaway Thebarge

March 5, 2026

“They’re family now. I replay that day often, and it wouldn’t have gone as well without their comfort and support,” – Lindsey Thebarge

Patient Story: Cal Harrington

February 6, 2026

“From the minute they walked in at Maine Med and the minute they left at Children’s, not only were they caring for Cal, but they were caring for me, too” – Linsday Harrington

Patient Story: Mitchell Stein

October 14, 2025

“I consider myself very lucky,” – Mitchell Stein

Patient Story: Stacie Newman

July 7, 2025

This story appeared in the July 2025 issue of “Dispatches.“ Stacie Newman remembers the June 2017 birth of her son, Joseph, as a smooth process with no complications. While she admits the unknowns of childbirth can be scary, especially the first time, everything went as planned for Stacie and her husband, Zach, who drove to […]

Patient Story: Hollye Lord

June 4, 2025

“I’m a lifelong Washington County girl,” Hollye Lord said during a recent visit to LifeFlight of Maine’s Bangor hangar. She lives in Meddybemps, a small community between Calais and Machias. She has worked as a nurse at Down East Community Hospital in Machias for the past five years, and prior to that at Calais Community […]