LifeLine EMT living childhood dream of working with his dad

To say that Floyd Pinkston Jr. inspired his son, Trey’s career path might be an understatement. Floyd has been a paramedic since the early 1980s. Some of Trey’s earliest memories were when his dad would show up to his school in his flight suit and say hi to him at public engagement events. “He’d land doing a public relations event somewhere and I’d come. There’s a pretty good picture of me and him running up to each other right after he had landed and stepped out of the helicopter,” recalls Trey. “Because of him I’d like to become a flight medic. That’s my ultimate goal.” While Trey works on his goals, he’s also working as an EMT right alongside his dad at the IU Health LifeLine base in Muncie. “I get to see him grow, not only as a young man, but as a very qualified EMT,” said Floyd. “It’s a dream come true… and I’m so proud of him.”