GRANITE CITY - From the moment he could say the word helicopter, Ryan Fretz knew that he wanted to follow in his father Jon’s footsteps and become an air medical pilot. That dream came true as he now pilots ARCH 1’s BK117 in Granite City, IL.“I always wanted to do what he did,” said Ryan. “I thought it was the coolest thing going to visit him at work. Watching him fly, going to see him at hospitals, taking him Gatorade in the middle of the night…