03/05/10

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ An electronics technician injured this
week in a Coast Guard helicopter crash in the Utah mountains is out
of critical condition and two of her crew mates also have been
upgraded.

A spokeswoman at University Hospital in Salt Lake City said
Friday doctors upgraded Petty Officer 2nd Class Gina Panuzzi to
serious condition. Panuzzi, of Lacey, Wash., was the last member of
the crew in critical condition after the crash Wednesday about 50
miles east of Salt Lake City.

Pilot Cmdr. Patrick Shaw of Juneau, Alaska and co-pilot Lt.
Comdr. Steven Cerveny of Lincoln, Neb., were upgraded from serious
to fair condition.

The crew had been on security duty at the Winter Olympics in
Vancouver and was on its way back to base in Elizabeth City, N.C.
when the helicopter crashed in a remote area accessible only by
snowmobile.


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