First responder shares rescue of survivors from deadly cargo plane crash near MIA as crews continue wreckage removal
MIAMI (WSVN) - A first responder shared his story one week after a cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport which took the lives of five people. Now National Transportation Safety Board, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Sherriff’s Office deputies remain at the site as crews continue to remove the wreckage of the aircraft. Customs and Border Patrol Canine Enforcement officer Patrick Rye shared what he saw when he arrived at the scene of the crash. “When I responded, it was carnage,” he said. “The aircraft was on fire, 50, 60 foot flames. The vehicles that were struck were unrecognizable.” Rye was captured on video helping victims moments after the cargo plane overran the runway at MIA and slammed into a van and SUV, killing five and injuring five people. However, Rye was able to rescue one survivor, which was captured on social media video. “We’ve got one breathing, he’s alive, he’s alive,” said an emergency responder. “We were able to stabilize his condition, he was not conscious at that time.
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Torres filed a lawsuit on Friday as he continues to fight in the intensive care unit. “We have an aircraft that was going at too high a speed,” said Rojas. “And we have multiple companies and entities involved in operating the aircraft, contracting it out that were negligent in supervising, operating and vetting this flight operation.” The other families of Torres’ colleagues who were killed also took legal action and filed their own lawsuits against Amazon, 21 Air, and several companies tied to the aircraft.
