A medical transport jet headed for Missouri and carrying a baby affected person and 5 others crashed in Northeast Philadelphia Friday evening.
The jet was a part of the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, which offers world ambulance flight providers.
It is the identical service that after helped transport Boston Purple Sox legend and MLB Corridor of Famer David Ortiz with a vital harm after he was shot in his dwelling nation of the Dominican Republic June 9, 2019, at a bar in Santo Domingo.
Ortiz was severely wounded however survived emergency surgical procedure.
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A portion of Ortiz’s intestines, colon and gallbladder have been eliminated, and he additionally reportedly had liver harm. The following day, a Jet Rescue aircraft transported Ortiz to Boston, the place he acquired additional therapy at Massachusetts Normal Hospital, together with a second surgical procedure.
Ortiz was moved out of the intensive care unit on June 22, 2019, and he was launched from the hospital over a month afterward July 26, 2019.
David Ortiz Aug. 16, 2024, in New York Metropolis (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Photographs for Fanatics)
The suspected shooter was later recognized as Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, however an investigation additionally discovered Ortiz was not the supposed goal. The Dominican Legal professional Normal introduced June 19, 2019, Ortiz was shot by mistake, and Sixto David Fernandez was recognized because the supposed goal of the capturing.
On Friday, Jet Rescue mentioned it is Learjet 55 crashed whereas departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport round 6:30 p.m.
“Our quick concern is for the affected person’s household, our personnel, their households and different victims that will have been damage on the bottom,” Jet Rescue Air Ambulance mentioned in a press release.
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President Donald Trump took to Fact Social to react to the tragedy.
“So unhappy to see the aircraft go down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Extra harmless souls misplaced. Our persons are completely engaged,” Trump wrote. “First Responders are already being given credit score for doing a fantastic job. Extra to observe. God Bless you all.”
The crash comes simply days after an American Airways passenger aircraft collided with an Military Black Hawk Helicopter close to Reagan Nationwide Airport, killing 67 folks.
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