'A new set of wings' Dr. Forrest Bird * 1921-2015
Source: Coeur d'Alene Press
At 8, he met Henry Ford at a party hosted by his father; as a teen, he visited with Orville Wright at the 1937 Cleveland Air Show.
And before his passing early Sunday morning at age 94 at his home in Sagle, Forrest Morton Bird would become a renowned pilot and a legendary inventor, and earn his medical degree. He also was a veteran, serving in World War II; a philanthropist and an author, becoming a sought-after lecturer.
"Forrest received a new set of wings in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, as he passed away at home peacefully," said Pamela Riddle Bird, announcing her husband's passing in an email to friends and supporters. "God has a new angel and his name is Forrest Morton Bird."
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Dr. Bird invented, among other things, hospital respirators like these ones.
One of these is the Bird Mark 7 - introduced in 1955 and manufactured to this day.
He also created the "Baby Bird" infant respirator, which reduced breathing-related infant mortality rates from 70 percent to 10. A very incredible man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Bird
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nothing but blue skies for his wife and family here.
(Preemies often have breathing difficulties -especially boy preemies- because the lungs are not fully developed).
-FTC
