Red Cross Provides Mental Health Counseling to Charter Plane Employees at LVIA Following Crash
News Release: July 31, 2008
Contact: Janice Osborne, Director-Communications and Marketing; American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley (610) 865-4400, ext. 262; pager (610) 508-4378

In response to the crash of a charter plane based at Lehigh Valley International Airport, the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley has sent a local Red Cross mental health volunteer to counsel employees of East Coast Jets, the charter's owner.

Lisa Taylor of Allentown, a Red Cross mental health volunteer, is a member of the Red Cross Aviation Incident Response Team. She is one of a group of nationwide disaster experts, specially trained to help others cope with the traumatic aftermath of aviation disasters.

The team members are disaster response experts in operations, mental health, health services, logistics, and other essential disaster response functions who have completed special Aviation Incident Response training.

The plane crashed near Owatonna, Minn. The Steele County Chapter of the American Red Cross in Owatonna is assisting at the crash scene.

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves more than 690,000 residents of Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training; Lifeline, a personal response service for seniors; and emergency relief to more than 23,000 Greater Lehigh Valley residents. For more information about the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley or volunteer opportunities, call (610) 865-4400 or visit www.redcrosslv.org.