In 1998, two HH-60G Rescue helicopters experienced a tragic mid-air collision during a night training mission on the Nellis AFB in the state of Nevada. This catastrophic accident caused the deaths of 12 Airmen leaving a total of 8 children behind. In the aftermath of this tragedy, a fund was started at a local Las Vegas bank to accept donations for the children of the brave Airmen. Not long afterwards, in 1999 another Nellis AFB Rescue Airmen was killed in the line of duty while on deployment to Operation Southern Watch and another fund was started to assist his two young sons.
The founders of these two independent assistance funds soon realized that they could be more effective if they combined their efforts. In that process they also realized that there is a much greater need than those few children and decided to pool their resources and expand their efforts to provide for the children of any Air Force Rescue Airman who was killed executing the Air Force Rescue mission from the Kobar Towers terrorist attack in 1996 and forward. In May 2002 That Others May Live Foundation was officially founded and has CONTINUED to support families of USAF Rescue Heroes since.