1 missing, 4 rushed to hospital after helicopter crashes off Southern California island

YOU ARE GOING TO THINK I AM MAKING THIS UP, LIKE WHEN MY DRYER BROKE ON LAUNDRY DAY, BUT LISTEN TO ME: A MEDEVAC HELICOPTER FROM REACH AIR MEDICAL SERVICES CRASHED INTO THE WATER OFF CATALINA ISLAND ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF, AND FIVE PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD, AND FOUR OF THEM WERE RUSHED TO HOSPITALS—TWO IN STABLE CONDITION ON THE ISLAND AND TWO TAKEN TO UCLA IN UNKNOWN CONDITION—WHICH IS HORRIFYING, AND THE COAST GUARD AND SHERIFF AND FIRE DIVERS ARE OUT IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW SEARCHING BECAUSE ONE PERSON IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR, AND OFFICIALS SAY THE HELICOPTER'S FLIGHT PLAN WAS TOTALLY UNCLEAR AFTER IT HAD LANDED FROM OCEANSIDE EARLIER THAT EVENING, SO SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE STILL ACTIVELY UNDERWAY OFF THE COAST.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT KEEPS ME UP: FIRST THIS REACH AIR MEDICAL SERVICES HELICOPTER FLEW OUT OF OCEANSIDE AT SIX FORTY PM AND TOUCHED DOWN ON CATALINA ISLAND AT SEVEN ZERO FOUR, BUT THEN RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IT CRASHED STRAIGHT INTO THE WATER WITH FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND NOW DIVERS AND HELICOPTERS FROM THE SHERIFF AND COAST GUARD AND AVALON FIRE ARE OUT SEARCHING BECAUSE ONE PERSON IS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR, AND FOUR PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO HOSPITALS WHERE TWO ARE STABLE ON CATALINA AND TWO WERE FLOWN TO UCLA IN UNKNOWN CONDITION, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT EVEN CLEAR SO NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED YET. ANYWAY I WILL BE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN THE TAXI.

A medevac helicopter carrying five people crashed off California's Catalina Island Wednesday night, leaving one person missing and four hospitalized as search operations continue.

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