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In 2003, the Louisiana Senate gave the ailing Bean a standing ovation after his colleague Robert Jocelyn Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish recalled the circumstances that led to Bean's health problems.​

In 2003, the Louisiana Senate gave the ailing Bean a standing ovation after his colleague Robert Jocelyn Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish recalled the circumstances that led to Bean's health problems.​

 

During the Senate's farewell bid to Bean in 2003, Hainkel called Bean "the ultimate in courage." He referred not only to Bean's work to expand insurance coverage for transplant patients and to encourage organ donations, but also to May 1973, when Bean, then a U. S. Army chief warrant officer, was piloting Army One, the helicopter that carried the president.​

During the Senate's farewell bid to Bean in 2003, Hainkel called Bean "the ultimate in courage." He referred not only to Bean's work to expand insurance coverage for transplant patients and to encourage organ donations, but also to May 1973, when Bean, then a U. S. Army chief warrant officer, was piloting Army One, the helicopter that carried the president.​

 

Bean carried [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agents to the [[Bahamas]] to replace the crew assigned to then-President [[Richard M. Nixon]]; the helicopter developed problems and ditched in the water. Bean ingested jet fuel that brought about his later health problems. He continued to dive and saved six of the seven Secret Service agents.<ref name=ksla/>​

Bean carried [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agents to the [[Bahamas]] to replace the crew assigned to then-President [[Richard M. Nixon]]; the helicopter developed problems and ditched in the water. Bean ingested jet fuel that brought about his later health problems. He continued to dive and saved six of the seven Secret Service agents.<ref name=ksla/>​

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