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Sorry for the loss man 
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Trigger
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| man i read this and knelt down and prayed. my heart aches for the families. i worked a side job for PHI while they were on strike a year or so ago. they were all stand up people. i flew a few times with them.
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Its hurts me bad for his family, he was only 24 years old and has 1 young kid. He will me missed by alot of people, and he was a hell of a fisherman.
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Sailfish
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may God be with the families and you as well....
  
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damn, I hate to hear that
Prayers for his family and friends
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| Sorry to hear it and my prayers are sent. I lost my best friend last fall and I think about that crazy sob every day. There's a reason for it in God's eyes, though hard for us to understand.
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Prayers going out.
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"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
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We loved Charlie. He was a wonderful father and a wonderful friend to our son. I can't even imagine the pain his family is going through. Please keep them in your prayers.
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| my buddie charlie was on tht helecopter he diddent make it
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Prayers Sent
Nothing's Finer than Fishing at the Crack of Dawn!
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| I was at a lose for words when I heard about this. Seeing the pictures of the family members grieving was horrible. My prayers go out to the families and friends of those who were lost in this trajedy. I work on a drilling rig that uses that same heliport for crew changes. I've been flying in and out of PHI Amelia for about 2 years now. An accident like this really opens ones eyes to how fragile and precious life is. Once again, all my prayers and deepest sympathy to the family and friends of those lost.
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Prayers Sent
GO NOLES!!!
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| tom ballenger, the pilot, went to high school here in troy, my wife is very close friends with his wife, they were all in school at the same time. this is a very sad time. we pray for all the families and freinds touched by this terrible accident. this is the article from the troy paper; Former Troy resident Tom Ballenger was among the eight people killed when a helicopter headed for the offshore oil fields crashed Sunday afternoon in marshlands about a hundred miles southwest of New Orleans. A ninth person was reported critically injured in the crash. Ballenger was the pilot of the helicopter operated by PHI Inc. and had worked for the company for about 15 years, transporting workers to and from the oil rigs, said Jacqueline Floyd of Troy. Floyd is a childhood friend of Ballenger’s widow, Ann Lawrence Ballenger, a native of Troy, and also a longtime friend of Tom Ballenger. Floyd was with Ballenger Monday in Eufaula where the couple has made their home since moving from Troy in 1991. Floyd said Tom Ballenger always called his wife at 3:30 p.m. when he was flying and, when he didn’t call Sunday afternoon, she became worried. “Ann finally called Tommy’s base and was told that there had been a catastrophic accident,” Floyd said. “About nine o’clock Sunday night Ann got the call that they had found Tommy’s body. That’s when she knew that he was gone.” The helicopter crashed in a marshy area that was only accessible by airboat, hindering recovery efforts. Floyd said the accident is under investigation and little is known at the time as to the cause of the accident. “From what we understand, there was no warning that anything was wrong,” Floyd said. “The helicopter was only seven minutes after takeoff when the beeper went off signaling that something was wrong. The pilots didn’t even have time to say they were in trouble. “Tommy was one of the best helicopter pilots in the country. He was in the Army and flew helicopters in Vietnam. Tommy was very modest and we didn’t know for a long time that he got a battlefield commission for flying into an area under fire and saving the lives of a lot of people.” Floyd said Ballenger moved to Troy with his family when he was in high school. He graduated from Charles Henderson High School in 1964 and attended Auburn University before going into the military. The Ballengers lived in Atlanta for several years before moving back to Troy. Tom Ballenger and Bob Daffin were the founders of B&D Plastics in Troy. Ballenger later went back doing what he loved to do, fly helicopters, Floyd said. “Tommy has a lot of friends here in Troy,” Floyd said. “He was just an all around nice guy. He was a good person and witty and fun. Everybody that knew him, loved him. We’ll all miss Tommy.” Funeral arrangements are tentative but are planned for 1 p.m. Thursday at St. James Episcopal Church in Eufaula. Burial will be at Green Hills Funeral Home in Troy, day and time to be announced.
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Driscoll you beat me to bringing up Tom...he was a friend of mine as well. I knew him in Eufaula, such a tragedy...His wife Ann was a sweetheart as well
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Prayers sent out to all the friends and family of everyone involved.
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