Miami Valley Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center honors survivors, first responders

Standing ovations, tears, hugs and handshakes were the order of the evening Tuesday as the Miami Valley Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center honored survivors and first responders to the Memorial Day tornado outbreak and Oregon District mass shooting.

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The honorees and their families also were given the opportunity to reunite with the surgeons, nurses, rehab therapists, paramedics and firefighters who took care of them during their trauma crisis.

The annual event, the seventh hosted by the hospital’s trauma center, was celebrated at the University of Dayton Marriott on Patterson Boulevard.

The trauma patients being recognized include:

• Mike Ashton, an avid dirt bike racer, who hit a guardrail, skipped and crashed onto the side of his chest during a race, leaving him with serious rib injuries.
• Chris Boykin, who was involved in a single-car accident and had to be extricated from his mangled car.
• Shane Homan, JV football player from Coldwater who was running with the ball, got tackled and never got up.

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• Angela McCane, who was a passenger in a car accident where the car also caught fire with her trapped inside.
• Jessica Roberts, who was attacked by a knife by someone she thought she could trust but managed to get away and eventually was transported via CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital.

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• All first responders who were involved in the Memorial Day tornado outbreak and Oregon District mass shooting.