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

‘It’s an Absolute Miracle’: Medical Helicopter Crashes Near Church, Baby and 3 Others Survive
Courtesy of Laura Mellon
The Associated Press
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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.