In the early morning hours of March 26, 2016, after assisting with a patient from an accident scene, Haynes Life Flight 2 helicopter in route to Montgomery, Alabama, crashed into a deeply wooded area in the Goodman community.
Flight paramedic Jason Snipes, flight nurse Stacey Cernadas, pilot Chad Hammond, along with the patient, all perished in the crash.
Snipes wanted to be a flight paramedic since he was a child. He was described as being an incredible person with lots of character, a respected medic who loved this community, and always ready to help others. Snipes was once quoted as saying, “I’m not a hero, God does his work through my hands.”