A girl who was returning to Tijuana after receiving 'life-saving treatment' was among the six on board a medical jet that crashed in Philadelphia.
"She fought quite a lot to survive, and unfortunately, this tragedy on the way home," Jet Rescue Air Ambulance spokesman Shai Gold said.The others on the Learjet 55 included the child's mother, a pilot, a copilot, a doctor and a paramedic, according to Jet Rescue Air Ambulance spokesman Shai Gold. The company could not confirm any survivors among those on board its plane.
Shriners spokesperson Mel Bower told NBC Philadelphia the girl had just been released from the hospital on Friday. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the jet departed from Northeast Philadelphia Airport en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri. It was then supposed to bring the girl and her guardian back to Tijuana.
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