MASON CITY – A nurse and others at Mercy Hospital in Mason City helped a 102-year-old man fulfill his wish of flying in a helicopter.
On the morning of July 18, 102-year-old Henry Vierkant fulfilled an item on his bucket list thanks to his nurse, Allie, and the Mercy Air Med crew. He had told her about his “bucket list” and that started a chain reaction to make his dream come true.
He called his flight on the Mercy Air Med helicopter a “wonderful” time. The flight went over Apple Valley Assisted Living, where henry lives.
“It was an experience I didn’t think I would ever have,” he told the crew when they landed.