Joe Brandt has been a digital content producer for CBS News Philadelphia since 2022. He is a Temple University graduate and was born and raised in Pitman, NJ.
Emergency responders from across the city, as well as neighboring municipalities and federal agencies, were called to the scene on a Friday night after the plane, a medical Learjet 55, crashed in front of the busy Roosevelt Mall.
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 31: People gather as emergency service members respond to a plane crash in a neighborhood near Cottman Avenue on January 31, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The plane, a medical transport jet carrying a child patient, crashed after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, damaging several homes and vehicles.
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Amira Brown, who lost her son Steven Dreuitt in the Northeast Philadelphia plane crash, hugs Andrew Tomasetti, founder of Paint Philadelphia. Tomasetti selected Brown for a home paint project and said it was fulfilling to be able to see Brown smile after what she's been through.
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Crews work on a crater left by the plane's impact following the Jan. 31, 2025 crash.
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Ramesses Dreuitt Vazquez, center, with his friends.Ramesses was in his family's car last January when a medical transport plane crashed, and the car caught on fire. His dad and his dad's girlfriend died from their injuries. Vazquez was saved by a stranger, but sustained burns on 90% of his body.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy looks on as Mayor Cherelle Parker (D) gives remarks at the scene of the crash in Northeast Philadelphia on Monday, Feb. 3. To her right is Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel and others give updates to the media near the scene of the Jan. 31 plane crash.
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