Susan “Suzie” Smith honored with procession after Sacramento Highway 50 medical helicopter crash

By Jake Goodrick

The Sacramento Bee

(TNS)

A medevac helicopter landed Sunday afternoon at a Red Bluff airfield where a collection of first responders and community members waited.

When the skids touched down, a handful of responders in various uniforms carried the flag-draped body of Susan “Suzie” Smith from the kind of air ambulance she worked from for much of her long nursing career, into an ambulance on the ground waiting to drive her to Palo Cedro.

North state community members lined parts of the procession route, according to video from ABC affiliate KRCR, in a show of support for the flight nurse known for her dedication to the nursing profession , a 50-year career that included mission work outside of the country and 20 years working for Reach Air Medical Services in Reddin