As she prepared to board a flight to attend her son’s wedding, Kris Weltons knew that she was witnessing a miracle. The miracle was that she and her husband, Lieutenant Max Weltens, were able to attend at all. A highly regarded 24-year veteran of the San Antonio Fire Department (SAFD), Max Weltens is terminally ill with esophageal cancer and has less than three months to live. Because of his condition, flying 1,500 miles on a commercial airline from San Antonio to the wedding in Virginia was out of the question. His only option was to travel on a fixed-wing air medical transport, a service not covered by insurance.