Margaret “DeDe” Davis enlisted in the Marines as an 18-year-old and then transferred to the Navy to work toward a life’s goal of becoming an emergency responder.
She later became a volunteer firefighter in the Plumas County town of Chester, then joined MedX AirOne in Nevada as a flying paramedic in 2019, according to a post spotlighting her accomplishments on the Intermountain Health Instagram account.
On Monday, the 66-year-old paramedic was on board the medevac helicopter that crashed onto freeway lanes of Highway 50 in East Sacramento. Davis was rushed to the hospital where she’s is in critical condition, according to Reach Air Medical Services, the operator of the helicopter…