Five healthcare heroes and a pilot remembered by family and colleagues
MILPARK – Five trees were planted at the accident site to remember the five diverse and loved individuals.
Five white crosses were erected in a field on a farm near Winterton in KwaZulu-Natal on 27 January to remember the lives of those who died tragically in a helicopter accident on 21 January.
Among them were three healthcare workers from Netcare Milpark Hospital: Dr Kgopotso Rudolf Mononyane, Dr Curnick Siyabonga Mahlangu and Mpho Xaba. Netcare 911 worker Sinjin Joshua Farrance and Mark Stoxreiter of the National Airways Corporation, who also lost their lives in the crash, were also remembered.
Families and colleagues of the deceased travelled from Johannesburg to the crash site in the UThukela District.
Netcare Group CEO Dr Richard Friedland said at the ceremony, “We are here today to bear testimony to the lives of these great human beings, to continue their unfinished legacy of healing and bringing hope.”
“At this hallowed site, their heroic and remarkable lives were cut short and a gaping hole remains… These five selfless and extraordinary individuals were on a mercy mission doing God’s holy and sacred work – saving lives. This was their calling, their purpose. There is no greater act of humanity than to lose one’s life in attempting to rescue the life of another.
“Our hearts are broken, we mourn the loss of these fallen heroes, these front-line workers who have given so selflessly, so courageously of themselves.”
Five trees were planted at the accident site to remember the five diverse and loved individuals.
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