{"id":2407,"date":"2016-01-26T22:54:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T03:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wbbz.tv\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2017-01-01T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T15:41:50","slug":"mercy-flight-is-the-talk-of-the-town-thurs-9a-630p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wbbz.tv\/?p=2407","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Flight is the &#8220;Talk of the Town&#8221; Saturday 10:30a.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align=\"center\">Western new york&#8217;s life saving emergency services &#8220;Mercy flight&#8221; is the talk of the town this week on wbbz-tv.\u00a0 watch as phil arno and kim piazza welcome representatives to tell us why mercy flight needs our help.\u00a0 watch thursday at 9am &amp; 6:30pm and again saturday at 10:30am on WBBZ-TV<\/h3>\n<h3 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><strong>About Mercy Flight Western New York<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mercy Flight Western New York is an independent, not-for-profit provider of emergency and non-emergency air and ground medical transport and supporting services; ensuring rapid, safe and cost effective delivery of expert response teams.\u00a0 Established in 1981, we have safely completed more than 25,000 patient missions over the last 35 years. \u00a0We provide around the clock care servicing all of Western New York, Northwestern Pennsylvania, Canada and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercyflight.org\/content\/images\/Fleet\/BK%20and%20Bell%20in%20flight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercyflight.org\/content\/images\/Fleet\/MEMS%2066.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"200\" \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercyflight.org\/content\/images\/Fleet\/lear2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Certified by New York State, we strive to provide uncompromising professional clinical excellence to the communities we serve. \u00a0With our headquarters located in Buffalo and several bases strategically placed throughout Western New York, we are mission ready to handle any situation that presents itself. \u00a0We would not be successful in doing so without the support of our local fire, police and emergency services partners. \u00a0With our highly trained and certified professionals, state of the art medical equipment and reliable fleet, we corner the EMS industry with advanced provider skills, training and the latest lifesaving techniques making us unparalleled in service standards.<\/p>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong>We perform our lifesaving services without regard to our patients&#8217; 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