Bucky

Well my day at metro started by walking in East base for graveyard shift and someone on the intercom announcing that Elvis had just entered the building. I spent my first week or so teamed with Mike, I wasnt sure what I'd gotten myself into. lol. Later on while working there Bucky had his first heart event. and I moved on for lack of seniority to south base. I lost track alitt ltle of him but think was at Bellevue base when next heart surgery happened. Eventually Bucky ended up on Central base days and I made Lead Mechanic and came down on swing shift. The first words when I saw Mike were, hey how ya doing Elvis. After a year there I experienced a Heart Attack. When I came back to work there Mike was right there pulling me on a bus and talking to me, asking if ok, if needed to talk just say the word. Two month later I suffered a Cardiac Arrest and lived through it and got alittle helper implanted. Mike called me Thumper then along with other members of the crew. I eventually had to have Bypass surgery, Mikes Aunt was one of my nurses in the heart ward at Overlake and I mentioned Iworked at Metro. Apparantly she pasted that one to Mike, as within a day or so all the nurses on East 2 were calling me Elvis. Mike came in to see me and harass me while I was there. When I eventually came back to work my first time walking in shop he opened his coveralls and said to me with a big smile lets compare SCARS. I couldn;t help but laugh, which brought tears to my eyes still being a somewhat new scar. And he just kinda looked at me and smiled and said hurts dont it. We checked in with each other I think everyday at Central base after that. I looked to him for advice and we compared Meds. I will miss my Zipper chested brother, he was one of the best people I have ever met. He was truly one of a kind. My heart and condolences go out to Mikes family, I am so sorry for your loss. Sincerely John Murphy