On board the REACH flight were the pilot, a paramedic and a nurse who was identified to CBS Sacramento by family as Suzie Smith of Redding. The pilot and paramedic have not yet been identified.
Terry De Crescenzo captured the moment on video as her husband, Ken, and more than a dozen other bystanders raced to help.
Bystanders lifting the crashed medical helicopter on Highway 50 Theresa De Crescenzo"I realized there were no other cars around that were hit, and I thought, how did that happen?" Terry asked, with Ken calling it "a miracle."
"We just ran up to it and found a spot to grab onto the helicopter and just pushed and lifted it best we could, we had to lift it up," said Ken.
"A few of us tried to lift the helicopter at first and, initially, when I felt how heavy, like there was no movement, it wouldn't budge at all. But when fifteen people or so came to do it, it was just seemed like the impossible became possible," said Cochran-Navarra.
"I lay down on the ground, and I just tell her, 'You're alive. You're alive. Just stay still.' I said, 'You're not alone. I'm not going to leave you. You're not alone.' It was just crazy. It was crazy. Sorry, I keep playing it. She's screaming for help, like, 'Help me. Help me,' " said Cochran-Navarra through tears.
"It was good to see Sacramento united," said Cochran-Navarra. "I don't think I've ever felt that since 9/11, you know? At that time, everyone came together. It didn't matter what you did, who you are, who you love, who you prayed to. None of that made a difference."
"My first thought was, how amazing. And I mean this sincerely, that nobody questioned. Everybody was just like, these are human beings that need us, and everybody just ran to help them," said Terry.
"I hope that I'm able just to, just to tell her how incredibly happy I am that she's alive and and I would tell her I'm so grateful that I was able to help her," said Cochran-Navarra through tears.
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