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'Did We Just See a Plane Crash?: Skydivers Jump to Action to Help Wisconsin Plane Crash Victims
The jumpers landed near the wreck and helped a passenger with a serious head injury before EMS arrived, officials said.
- On Sunday, skydivers with Skydive Milwaukee witnessed a single-engine plane crash in an East Troy cornfield and alerted emergency crews before jumping to assist the four survivors.
- The aircraft went down near Carver School and Lawlor roads, roughly 36 miles outside Milwaukee, prompting John Bechtel and his team to ask, 'Did we just see a plane crash?'.
- Directing their pilot to land, the skydivers rushed to the wreckage, where one jumper—a former paramedic—treated a passenger with a serious head injury before EMS arrived.
- All four people aboard survived the crash; Bechtel said, 'To be able to help others in need, I would absolutely do that in a heartbeat,' marking his first emergency jump.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash's cause, while Bechtel noted fortunate timing: 'Had we left five minutes earlier, we wouldn't have seen it; if we left 15 minutes later, we wouldn't have been able to get there to assist.
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A Plane Crashed Into A Cornfield With 4 People Aboard—3 Skydivers Parachuted In To Save Them
A nearby pilot spotted the wreckage and offered to drop skydivers beside it. The jumpers had emergency medical training, the field was difficult to reach by road, and all four people aboard the crashed plane survived.
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