Medical flight non-profit hit by higher fuel, pilot costs

MUSKEGON (WOOD-AM) - A regional organization that provides free air travel to medical patients says it's trying to raise money to cover rising fuel and pilot costs.

Stephanie Cutler tells WOOD-TV that she uses Wings of Mercy to travel from Muskegon to Minnesota's Mayo Clinic for her cancer treatments.

“It’s just priceless," Cutler said. "There aren't direct flights to where I go, so there's a lot of time, a lot of money that's saved."

"We pay the pilots and plane owners for the fuel and, of course, that's getting expensive these days," pilot John Workman said.

There's a donation page on the Wings of Mercy website.

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