WE always think accidents only happen to other people, but BBC1’s Helicopter Heroes shows what happens when people become those other people.

One of them is our racing journalist Tom O’Ryan, who suffered serious injuries in a freak accident earlier this year.

But, thanks to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA), Tom was rushed to hospital in time and is now recovering, albeit slowly.

The story of his rescue will be aired next week and while Tom says he has mixed feelings about tuning in, we think it is good that the often unseen work of the YAA is screened to a wider audience. Its crews really are heroes and too often unsung. They deserve our full support.