That turned out to be the best thing I ever did for my mental health, because I started having positive experiences related to the crash through meeting and talking with family members and other first responders." “And then on the 20th anniversary, I went to the memorial.
“My only memory of the incident was the crash,” he said. Graves, who’s also a retired Flint Fire Department battalion chief, said that his interactions with Zanger and the victims’ families helped pull him out of a nearly three-decade “mental health journey.” “They serve refreshments, help us clean the site and never ask for a dime.”
Graves, an Ann Arbor native who’s now an EMS dispatcher in Pontiac, chose the Salvation Army after discussions with Tony Zanger, who lost younger brother Michael and his fiance Hollins Langton in the 1987 crash. He also set up a direct donation link to the organization’s website. Graves announced that most of the proceeds made from “August Rain” will go to the Salvation Army’s Eastern Division in Southfield. Graves and Odom are instead channeling the momentum into a good cause. The song, available for purchase on Spotify, Apple Music and CD Baby, might have been an opportunity for the pair to bask in their newfound musical success. He funneled his emotions into songwriting, recruiting Odom to help voice the single “August Rain" as part of their musical group Pivotal Awakening. He took more than 25 years to process the trauma, eventually connecting with the family members of the 154 victims he couldn’t assist that night. Graves was a Huron Valley Ambulance paramedic on duty during the Northwest flight 255 crash in 1987. DAVISON, MI-Two weeks ago, Andy Graves and Mindi Odom hit a milestone in a burgeoning music career, publishing their first-ever song for sale on streaming services.
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