By JOSE BORJON/The Brownsville Herald BROWNSVILLE – Bad weather may have played a part in Tuesday’s deadly helicopter crash over the Laguna Madre, Coast Guard and National Weather Service officials said. Federal investigators hope to discover today more about what caused a Valley AirCare helicopter to plunge into the Laguna Madre Tuesday night, killing three....Read More
Fernando del Valle (Valley Morning Star) HARLINGEN – Gusty winds ruffled red and white roses Wednesday on the helicopter pad where pilot Robert Goss took off in the Valley AirCare helicopter for the last time just a few hours before. “We’re still in shock,” paramedic Arnold Maldonado said as a florist delivered a bouquet of...Read More
CHEMAINUS — A Vancouver Island RCMP spokesman described the bizarre accident scene early Thursday as “a series of unfortunate events.” Emergency crews responding to a crash on Highway 1 at Cobble Hill became part of the accident scene themselves, as black ice caused two fire trucks to plow into an ambulance shortly after it arrived....Read More
TURNOUT COAT DRD INFORMATION: At a training session this week, a Firefighter in upstate NY was performing a wall breach maneuver when his DRD (Drag Rescue Device) got caught on a sheet rock nail. As he worked his way through the wall maneuver, the device deployed fully as you can see in these pictures. Due...Read More
THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD A cold front entered the Laguna Madre at approximately the time of a fatal helicopter crash Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Brownsville. A Valley AirCare helicopter crashed in the Laguna Madre at approximately 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, with a pilot and two medics on board, officials said. Based on measurements...Read More
Authorities have found and identified the bodies of all three crew members of a medical helicopter that crashed off South Padre Island Tuesday night. The remains of Michael T. Sanchez, a 39-year-old paramedic from San Benito, and Raul Garcia, Jr., a 38-year-old flight nurse from Weslaco, were recovered near the debris Tuesday night. The remains...Read More
