<table> </table> It was an emotional moment, likely to be forever seared into the memories of the Govea family of Overland Park.</p><p>Their babies, at last, had made it to Kansas City. The premature girls, struggling for their lives at a hospital in Salt Lake City since their delivery in April, defied the doubts of experts who didn&#8217;t think the twins would ever make the trip.</p><p>But that momentous occasion did arrive, at exactly 3 p.m. Thursday.</p><p>A steady rain was pelting the tarmac of New Century AirCenter in Johnson County as a plane taxied in from the west. The VIPs on board: Mary Ellen and Mary Elizabeth Govea, born with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. I wrote about the plight of the twins and their parents, Bo and Stacy Govea, last month.</p><p>The syndrome occurs in identical twins who share the same placenta and some of the same circulation. The condition leaves one twin undernourished while the other develops too fast.</p><p>With only a few facilities that could perform the necessary operation and deliver the subsequent care, the couple sought treatment at St. Mark&#8217;s Hospital in Salt Lake City. The twins had remained there since April 26, when they were born one minute apart.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been waiting a long time for this,&#8221; Cindy Govea, the twins&#8217; grandmother, said as she choked back tears.</p><p>The anticipation was also getting the best of the twins&#8217; siblings, brothers Michael, 11; Nicky, 9; and sister Megan, 14.</p><p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to tell them that I really miss them and I really love them,&#8221; Michael said as the plane came to a stop.</p><p>When the door opened on the white Cessna Citation Ultra, he got his chance.</p><p>Mary Elizabeth was whisked off the plane first, then handed over to paramedics to take her to Children&#8217;s Mercy Hospital, where she&#8217;s expected to remain for several weeks.</p><p>Bo Govea held onto Mary Ellen, who, like her sister, still needs oxygen around the clock, but did not require hospitalization.</p><p>&#8220;We call them the miracle Marys,&#8221; Bo Govea said. &#8220;The doctor who rode out here with us said they&#8217;re doing as good as they could possibly be doing.&#8221;</p><p>Getting the twins back to Kansas City took a team effort. The hospital had stipulations about flight conditions, and when a major airline couldn&#8217;t provide them, an SOS went out. That prayer was answered by a man who, like the Goveas, attends Ascension Catholic Church.</p><p>Alan Winiesdorffer played a pivotal role in the flight. He sells airplanes and does his own version of an &#8220;Angel Flight.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;They called me and said there was a mission that had to be flown,&#8221; Winiesdorffer said. &#8220;I said if they could find the airplane, I&#8217;d volunteer my time. Various people volunteered to buy the fuel. They pulled it together. I just did all the flying.&#8221;</p><p>Stacy Govea made the flight with her girls. She never left their side, staying in Salt Lake City ever since the twins were born.</p><p>&#8220;It feels great to be back in Kansas City,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It took a lot to get us here, a lot of friends, a good community. There&#8217;s a good family of people that we&#8217;ve missed here. They did everything possible for us while we&#8217;ve been gone and did everything possible to bring us back.&#8221;</p><p>Stacy is forever grateful to everyone who helped the family get through the ordeal.</p><p>&#8220;To have a community praying for you is humbling,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to accept that much love. That&#8217;s all you can do is just accept it and hope that you can someday touch somebody like everybody has touched us.&#8221;