VIDEO: It’s every airline passenger’s worst nightmare, a crash landing, and it all unfolded in Gulfport today at the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center.
The site of a crash landing as the wounded pray for help, some barely clinging to life, in situations where seconds can mean the difference between life and death. Chief Demetrius Baldwin said, “Seconds matter. Early intervention, that’s what we do. We just want to make sure the quicker we can get that information via the air traffic controllers, the quicker we can get that information out to the community and their responders.” And the skills of emergency workers and first responders put to the ultimate test at the scene of this disaster, fortunately it was only a training exercise, but one taken very seriously. First responders from more than ten agencies throughout South Mississippi came out for this training exercise which is mandatory at least every three years.