Shriners Children's Chief of Staff Dr. Amer Samdani said staff members at the hospital are devastated but leaning on one another after one of their young patients died in a plane crash in Northeast Philly.

A Philadelphia father is calling his son a “superhero” for shielding his younger sister when a medevac jet crashed in a Philadelphia neighborhood, showering flames and debris on homes and the vehicle in which the family was riding.

The impact area where a medical plane crashed in Philadelphia was notably “expansive,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday after viewing the site.