CHART-topping pop star Pharrell Williams took time out of his schedule to praise members of the Irish Defence Forces in Birmingham yesterday.
The Air Corps AW139 team successfully transferred a Dublin patient to the West Midlands for life saving treatment on Monday morning (July 7).
They made the journey from Casement Aerodrome in Dublin to Birmingham Airport in less than an hour and after completing their mission found themseleves in the same airport as the Happy singer, who stopped to congratulate them on a ‘job well done’.
The team, led by pilot Captain Seán McCarthy from Carlow, posted their celebrity altercation to their Facebook page this morning, explaining: “This morning an Air Corps AW139 successfully transferred a patient from Casement Aerodrome to Birmingham for life saving treatment, making the cross channel journey in a little over an hour, utilising the Lifeport stretcher system for oxygen and electrical supply to ensure full medical care in transit.”
The Air Corps AW139 in Birmingham AirportThey added: “After bringing the patient to the care of N.H.S officials, the Air Corps team were given well wishes from the former N.E.R.D singer, Neptunes producer, solo artist and recent Oscar-nominee Pharrell Williams, who was also in Birmingham Airport.”
After a picture of himself with the American singing star was tweeted, Captain McCarthy added: “We're just delighted the patient got there safely.
"Pharrell actually approached us when he saw the uniforms and the equipment moving through the airport. He was very modest and thanked us for a job well done. He said he was travelling onto Geneva for the next part of his tour and when he was leaving said 'keeping saving those lives!' "
