A plane carrying burn victims to a hospital for treatment has tragically crashed off the Texas coast, killing five people and leaving one person missing.Among those killed is a 2-year-old child when the Mexican Navy twin turboprop crashed near Galveston on Monday. The news was confirmed by the US Coast Guard officials.
Four of the eight people on board were members of the Mexican Navy. The remaining were civilians who were a part of an operation by the Michou and Mau Foundation, which takes kids with severe burns to Shriners Children’s Hospital in Galveston.
Two people have been found alive, although their condition is yet to be known.
One local man was identified as Sky Decker, and he explained to local media outlets how he jumped in and pulled out one woman from the wreckage before divers arrived.
“It appeared that it would be impossible for anyone to survive this,” he mentioned.