Laurelhurst, Seattle Children's agree to change helicopter landing policy ^52.3%

KUOW Public Radio - By Patricia Murphy, Jennie Cecil Moore - 5/11/2026, 12:00 PM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 41.6% - Status Quo Bias 37.7% - Recency Bias 26%

For decades, helicopters that transport kids to Seattle Children’s Hospital were required to land a mile away in some cases and make the rest of the journey by ambulance. That’s because some residents of the Laurelhurst neighborhood were concerned about noise. After a social media post reignited the controversy, the hospital and the... more