Additional information regarding the patient who lost her life in Friday’s tragedy has surfaced in the wake of the horrific air ambulance crash in Philadelphia.
NBC Philadelphia is reporting that one of the six people involved in the deadly incident was a pediatric patient, which suggests she was very young. The girl, a Mexican national, had received treatment for a life-threatening illness in the U.S. and was flying back to Tijuana with her mother, a doctor, and a paramedic.
There were two pilots in the cockpit.
“All I can say is, the patient was sponsored by a third-partner charity to undergo life-saving treatment in the U.S.,” Jet Rescue Air Ambulance spokesman Shai Gold told NBC Philadelphia. “She did her course of care. She was going home.
“She fought quite a lot to survive, and unfortunately, this tragedy on the way home,” he added.
Knowing this makes the incident even more devastating as the young girl had fought through her medical ordeal only to perish in a plane crash on her way home.
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Makes Statement After Fatal Air Ambulance Crash
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has since confirmed that all six crash victims were Mexican.
“I regret the death of six Mexicans in the plane crash in Philadelphia. The consular authorities are in permanent contact with the families,” she wrote in a tweet on Saturday. “I have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support them in whatever way is required. My solidarity with their loved ones and friends.”
Our thoughts are with the families of the six victims, as well as all others affected by this tragedy.
