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'Thank You Suzie': California Nurse Honored with Final Flight After Deadly Medical Helicopter Crash
Suzie Smith, 67, honored with a final ride and community tribute after dying from injuries in a medical helicopter crash, with a memorial foundation planned to support nursing scholarships.
- On Sunday, REACH Air Medical Services and Smith's family honored flight nurse Suzie Smith with a final flight and procession as people along highway overpasses and rural roads held flags and flowers.
- On Monday, Oct. 6, a medical helicopter crashed on Highway 50 in Sacramento with three crew members aboard; Suzie Smith, 67, died days later at UC Davis Medical Center while two others survived critically injured.
- Loved ones recalled Smith as a devoted nurse and woman of faith who mentored young nurses and cared for children who called her Grandma.
- Organizers are planning a public Celebration of Life where the community can pay respects, and Smith's family is creating Our Angel That Flies to fund nursing scholarships, mission work and community outreach.
- After a flight to Red Bluff, Smith's body was escorted by ambulance and a ceremonial procession to Palo Cedro with her immediate family and emergency medical service and law enforcement vehicles.
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'Thank you Suzie': California nurse honored with final flight after deadly medical helicopter crash
Fallen nurse Suzie Smith was honored with a final flight from Sacramento to Red Bluff. She died from her injuries after a helicopter crash last week.
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