Flight nurse in Drexel Hill helicopter crash crawled from wreckage, spoke to 911 dispatcher
Officials share 911 call of Drexel Hill helicopter crash
Officials on Thursday released the 911 call made moments after a medical helicopter crashed in Drexel Hill. Delaware County Emergency Services Director Tim Boyce said the flight nurse crawled from the wreckage and used a witnesses cell phone to speak to dispatchers.
DREXEL HILL, Pa. - A man at the scene of a medical helicopter crash outside Philadelphia this week told a dispatcher he was most concerned about the infant girl who survived, but that the pilot was the only passenger not alert after the wreck, according to a 911 call excerpt released Thursday.
Delaware County Emergency Services Director Tim Boyce said the flight nurse crawled from the wreckage and used a witness's cell phone to speak to emergency dispatchers.
"He is breathing, he is talking," he told the dispatcher. "My main concern right now is the 2-month-old child, I need an ambulance here right away."
The dispatcher said help was already on the way.
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The pilot, identified on Wednesday as 52-year-old Daniel Moore, somehow crash-landed the helicopter without loss of life next to a church in a residential area of suburban Philadelphia.
Brian Rayner, senior safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, told reporters Wednesday he was grateful that the occupants were relatively unhurt in the 1 p.m. Tuesday crash.
Father of pilot in Drexel Hill helicopter crash says son was prepared for harrowing moment
Daniel Moore is said to be the pilot of a medical helicopter with four aboard that fell from the sky and crashed onto the street Tuesday in Drexel Hill. Moore, a former military pilot according to his father, was badly hurt in the crash but is expected to recover. Three others, including an infant, survived without injuries. His father, Larry, believes Daniel's 27-years of flying prepared him for the moment.
Moore’s injuries were most severe, but the other two adults and the girl were "miraculously unhurt," he said.
A spokesperson for Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania said no new information about the girl's condition was available.
The Eurocopter EC135 medical helicopter was owned by Denver-based Air Methods, an air medical emergency transport service. The company said the aircraft it was part of the LifeNet program based in Hagerstown, Maryland.
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