Kaitlyn Crawford holds her 7-month-old son, Nakoa, at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, June 7, 2019. Critical air transport team members explained the process of transferring her son to the Balboa Naval More
Capt. Nicole Lieb, 59th Medical Wing critical care air transport team nurse, and Senior Airman Analiese Heitkamp, CCATT respiratory therapist, prepare a litter to recieve 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, du More
Critical air transport team members from the 59th Medical Wing and local emergency medical technicians walk into the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas to pick up 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, June 7, 2 More
Maj. (Dr.) Thomas Lee, 59th Medical Wing critical care air transport team pediatrician, checks the pulse of 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, June 7, 2019. Crawfor More
Nakoa Crawford, the 7-month-old son of U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel and Kaitlyn Crawford, looks up at Capt. Nicole Lieb, 59th Medical Wing critical care air transport nurse, as she prepares him to l More
Aeromedical evacuation and critical care air transport team members work together to hand-carry 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, aboard a C-130 Hercules via litter in Dallas June 7, 2019. AE, CCATT and airc More
Critical air transport team members from the 59th Medical Wing, emergency medical technicians and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas nurses fill the hospital room of Nakoa Crawford, June 7, 2019. The medical p More
Nakoa Crawford, a 7-month-old patient, is too small for the litters usually used for transport, so the critical care air transport team strapped a car seat to one slung between metal braces in the cargo bay of More
Senior Airman Analiese Heitkamp, 59th Medical Wing critical air transport team respiratory therapist, adjusts 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford’s, hearing protection in flight between Dallas and San Diego, Ju More
Seven-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, sleeps during a flight from Dallas to San Diego under the care of a critical care air transport team June 7, 2019. He and his mother, Kaitlyn Crawford, have had to remai More
Mother, Kaitlyn Crawford, and 7-month-old son, Nakoa, sleep during a C-130 Hercules flight bringing Nakoa from Dallas Children's Medical Center, Texas, to Balboa Naval Medical Center, California, June 7, 2019. More
Capt. Nicole Leib and Maj. Mariana Lacuzong, 59th Medical Wing critical care air transport team nurses, play with 7-month-old patient, Nakoa Crawford, during the five-hour flight from Dallas to San Diego June 7 More