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May 28, 2023

Trauma patient delivers green flag to Indianapolis 500 starting line

IU Health Methodist Hospital

Trauma patient delivers green flag to Indianapolis 500 starting line

It's been quite a month for IU Health trauma patient, Bailey Rogers. A couple weeks ago Bailey was able to reunite with the Methodist Hospital care team who helped save her life. Now fast forward to this weekend's running of the Indianapolis 500. An IU Health LifeLine helicopter flew Bailey above the crowds and onto the track so she could deliver the iconic green flag to the starting line. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing that'll happen. I hate that it will happen because of what happened to me, but it's still really cool."