A medical transportation was driving against Missouri and carries a child patient and five others crashed into northeastern Philadelphia on Friday night.
Jet was part of Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, providing Global Ambulance Flight Services.
It is the same service that once helped to transport Boston Red Sox legend and MLB Hall of Famer David Ortiz with a critical injury after he was shot in his homeland in the Dominican Republic 9 June 2019, in a bar in Santo Domingo.
Ortiz was severely wounded, but survived emergency surgery.
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Part of Ortiz’s gut, colon and gallbladder were removed, and he also allegedly had liver damage. The next day, a jet rescue flight ortiz transported Boston, where he received further treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital, including another operation.
Ortiz was moved out of the intensive care unit on June 22, 2019, and he was released from the hospital over a month later on July 26, 2019.
David Ortiz 16 August 2024 in New York City (Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images to Fanatics)
The suspected shooter was later identified as Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz, but a study also found that Ortiz was not the intended target. The Dominican Attorney General announced June 19, 2019, Ortiz was shot by mistake, and Sixto David Fernandez was identified as the intended target of the shooting.
On Friday, Jet Rescue said it’s Learjet 55 crashed while traveling from northeastern Philadelphia Airport around 10 p.m. 18:30
“Our immediate concern is to the patient’s family, our staff, their families and other victims who may have been injured on earth,” Jet Rescue Air ambulance said in a statement.
President Donald Trump took to truth to respond to the tragedy.
“So sad to see the plane go down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several innocent souls lost. Our people are completely engaged,” Trump wrote. “First respondents are already getting the credit for doing a good job. More to follow. God bless you all.”
The accident comes just a few days after an American Airlines -passenger plane collided with an army black hawk -helicopter near Reagan National Airportthat kills 67 people.
