By Brian Webb | ABC 15
A Valley mayor is spending several hours a month delivering life-saving blood supplies in his own plane and on his own time.
“We don’t charge anybody,” said Mesa Mayor Scott Smith. “It’s really a labor of love for us pilots.”
The Flights for Life program has been delivering blood for years, and we were lucky enough to hitch a ride.
The private pilots fly boxes of blood from Phoenix to spots like Flagstaff and Yuma to keep supplies up. The blood is collected, tested in a lab in Phoenix, then flown to hospitals around the state.
