Ypsilanti EMT loved firefighting and flying

Ypsilanti EMT loved firefighting and flying:

Ypsilanti EMT loved firefighting and flying

Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News

When longtime airplane buff Rick Lapensee got a job helping fly organs for medical transplants three years ago, he couldn't stop talking about it.

Lapensee, a 48-year-old Van Buren Township resident who also was a longtime Ypsilanti firefighter and emergency medical technician, was aboard a plane that crashed Monday afternoon in Lake Michigan while returning to the University of Michigan with organs for a critically ill patient. Authorities said this morning there did not appear to be any survivors among the six people on board the plane."