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‘It’s an Absolute Miracle’: Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Church, Baby and 3 Others Survive

by The Associated Press


A heroic pilot crash-landed a medical helicopter on Jan. 11, without any loss of life in a residential area of suburban Philadelphia. He somehow avoided a web of power lines and buildings as the aircraft fluttered, hit the street, and slid into bushes outside a church, authorities and witnesses said.

It was a “miracle” that none of the four people aboard, including an infant patient, suffered life-threatening injuries, Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy M. Bernhardt said.

Rescue crews rushed to the wreckage by the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church in Upper Darby at about 1 p.m. and helped get the pilot, two crew members, and the infant out of the aircraft, Bernhardt said at a press conference….


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