Our abseil is being held on Sunday Afternoon, 9^th May 2010

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Our 4 thrill seekers from Gratte Brothers Security Management - Steve Williams, Fatima Viner, Steve Wright, Shane Garner are braving an abseil down the 213 foot skyscraper at , , for the Air Ambulance Charity.

's Air Ambulance, is an air ambulance which responds to seriously ill or injured casualties in and around . The service costs £2.25 million a year to run, but is only partly funded by the NHS. Sir Richard Branson gives £192,000. The health service pays the wages of the doctors and paramedics. But the charity still has to find £650,000 each year from the public to stay airborne. Donations pay for the helicopter pilots, helipad firemen and the aircraft and its running costs.

An article from The Evening Standard about the Air Ambulance Service...

The bright red helicopter has become a familiar sight in the capital as it swoops to treat casualties in some of the most built-up places in the city.

The Helicopter Emergency Medical Service treats 1,500 cases a year. It can take doctors and paramedics anywhere within the M25 within 12 minutes

It means hundreds of people who are attacked or suffer accidents have a better chance of survival.

The air ambulance played a crucial role after the 7 July terror attacks and has attended all the major incidents of the past 10 years.

But figures obtained by the Evening Standard show how little support it gets. The charity which funds the air ambulance gets less than 7p a year on average from each city resident. People in the rest of and give more than £1 a year each to their regional air ambulance.

Campaigners said the figures put the city to shame, while others say 's air ambulances should not have to rely on charity.

Lead air ambulance clinician Dr Anne Weaver said: "Most people don't seem to know we have to raise our own cash. We want to be able to help people throughout the night but haven't got the funds.

"It is distressing to come to work in the morning and hear about some dreadful accident where we could have saved someone's life."

26 missions to treat 7/7 victims

's air ambulance had already flown one emergency mission when it landed at about 9am on 7 July 2005.

Within minutes the alarm sounded again, with reports of a "power surge" on the Underground. In fact, it was terrorist attacks.

By chance, there were 16 doctors and 10 paramedics attending a meeting at the helipad.

Within seconds of the call, medics abandoned the meeting and swung into action.

At 9.24am, the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service activated its major incident plan. Medical director Dr Gareth Davies began organising the dispatch of 32 trauma doctors and paramedics to the four bomb sites at Aldgate, King's Cross, and . The helicopter flew 26 missions, taking teams around the city and transporting fresh drugs to hospitals.

While Dr Davies was one of the first medics at Aldgate, Dr Anne Weaver took over organisational duties on the helipad before she was flown to King's Cross to help.

Dr Davies, who also treated patients at King's Cross, said: "My most vivid memory is going into the Tube at Aldgate and walking along the track. "Our task was to get people out as quickly as possible so we could treat them safely above ground. "It was the worst case scenario for a major incident - in the Tube, multiple locations. "Bombs create a unique set of injuries that are very distressing, even to experienced trauma doctors and paramedics."

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