In February 2001, Steve Michaux was doing what he enjoyed - free diving. He was trying out a new trick and asked three other boys in the area to watch him do the triple back flip.

He back flipped, dived, and never came up for air. Kaleen boys Brett Price, 18, his 15-year-old brother Sam, and friend Ryan Quade, 18, of Charnwood, immediately jumped into the water to find him, and their split second decision saved his life.

After wading him to a rock ledge, the boys rang emergency services who sent fire crews and the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Helicopter to retrieve him.

After fire crews got him to higher ground, he was winched into the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Helicopter, stabilised and transported to The Canberra Hospital with serious head injuries.

That was nearly 8 years ago and since then Steve has put an enormous amount of effort using his experience and intelligence to help those that helped him.

Marrying his wife Cassie, he then packed up and moved to Sydney where he is now installing modern operating theatre equipment in hospitals around Australia and overseas.

Steve and his father in law Lincoln have worked tirelessly to help those in need, including being the sole organizers of a basketball carnival for 500 Australian and Papua New Guinean youths as well as many other sporting and social activities.

Steve has also helped Lincoln set up Beaconhill, a company dedicated to helping businesses, major projects, organisations and people to  be clear about their direction and helping them navigate theirway there. www.beaconhill.net.au

A Service for All - "I am only writing my story because of the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Helicopter Service - a service that saved my life."

2003 Bushfires - Snowy Hydro SouthCare was dispatched to perform evacuations of people in the area that had become injured or trapped while trying to defend their homes from the bushfires.

3,000th Patient - "When your kids are out riding motorbikes and doing jumps you've always got the thought in the back of your mind that something might happen…you can't really prepare yourself for when it does happen."

Help on Holiday - On 10 February 2008, Donna Edge, her husband Peter and two good friends were enjoying their holiday with a morning motorcycle ride when an unsuspecting kangaroo jumped in front them on the road.

1998 Yacht Race - Extreme weather conditions had put the lives of many sailors in danger as they attempted to complete the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - Snowy Hydro SouthCare was dispatched.

Bendora Rescue - After a quick look over the area, Mike and Euan located the Firebird 278 upturned and floating in the dam water below. There was no sign of the pilot.

Sydney to Hobart 2006 - At around 3am that morning, the ship's 40-metre mast gave way to the pounding forces of the sea. The crack of the mast sent the rig crashing down on the deck injuring five sailors aboard the vessel.

A Second Chance - His respirator was torn from his mouth and everything went dark. It took Eric just moments to realise what had happened. He was inside the mouth of a shark.