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NBC News – by Henry Austin and Christopher Nelson
The health director who approved the release of President Obama’s birth certificate has died in a plane crash, Hawaiian officials said Thursday.
Loretta Fuddy died after the Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft she was travelling on went down shortly after leaving Kalaupapa Airport at around 3:15 p.m. local time (10:15 a.m. ET) on Wednesday.
The other eight people on board were rescued, Richard Schuman, president of Makani Kai Air, told NBC News early Thursday, adding that that there was no indication as to why the plane had crashed.
Fuddy hit the headlines two years ago when she approved a waiver request allowing Obama to access certified copies of his birth certificate, signed by the delivery doctor, Obama’s mother and the local registrar. His mother, then 18, signed her name (Stanley) Ann Dunham Obama.
So-called “birthers” opposed to Obama including real estate mogul Donald Trump had long questioned why Obama hadn’t ensured the long form was released.
Hawaiian Senator Will Espero paid tribute to the 65-year-old on his Facebook page.
“It is with great sadness to hear of the passing of Department of Health Director Loretta Fuddy,” he wrote. “She was a respected professional who served our state with pride and distinction. Rest in peace with the angels Director Fuddy.”
After being alerted to the crash, the U.S. Coast Guard scrambled two helicopters and a Hercules plane to the site, which was about a mile from the shore. Rescue swimmers were also deployed and they winched three passengers onto the helicopters.
A radio operator onboard the rescue plane posted this picture of the rescue on Instagram.
“Picture is not great, but you can see two smoke signals in water where an airplane crash was,” Joseph Ferguson wrote.
He told NBC News that usually they would drop rescue gear into the water for the survivors but because the helicopters had arrived quickly so that was not required.
“We acted as the on scene commander,” Ferguson, an avionics electrical technician, third class, said. “So we control all the different assets flying around there and made sure no one flew into that air space.”
Maui Fire Rescue were involved in bringing others to safety.
The flight was due to travel from Molokai to Oahu. The pilot was among the survivors.
Schuman said the survivors were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
“They were admitted to hospital and now some of them have gone home or to hotels,” he said. “They’re all being taken care of.”
Schuman gave credit to the pilot, who had over 30 years of experience and had been working with the airline for around two years.
“He did what he was trained to do and the rest of it’s in God’s hands,” he said.
A spokesman from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told NBC News they were sending, “at least one investigator to the scene.”
NTSB investigating Hawaii crash of Cessna 208 into ocean shortly after takeoff from Kalaupapa Airport.
— NTSB (@NTSB) December 12, 2013
“It’s always a difficult situation when you’re not able to get everybody out,” Honolulu Fire Capt. Terry Seelig told Hawaii News Now.
NBC News Lou Doubois contributed to this report.
Oh well, we can’t leave any “loose ends” mused the Traitor in Chief.
Hmmm…Imagine that.
“In a conspiracy, all loose ends are tied”.
I wonder how long it will be before someone steps and and says Ms. Fuddy was “upset about her lies, and was going to speak out”…?
She might be the lady who forged Miss Barry’s COLB. They know that it was a lady from the Hawaii Dept of Health
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/exposing-the-obama-forgery/67560
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/details-of-the-obama-forgery-exposed/68456
How convenient
To ALL The Traitors Inside & Outside This “Enemy Force In Occupation” Called The US Fed Gov’t.
They wacked that Secret Service Agent,….
They just wacked Fuddy,…..
The list of people killed to protect this Cartel Of Criminals grows daily,…
How long are you traitors going to keep supporting & protecting these pyschopaths???
Until they come to kill you,.. and your family? (heard of Philip Marshal??)
These is how these pyschos operate,…. “use until no longer needed,.. then exterminate”
Time to exterminate this cadre of pyschos,.. before they exterminate us.
JD – US Marines – Its going to get worse people,… a lot worse.
Hell, JD… Miss Barry even killed his own grandmother or so it is alledged. I think that The Miss Barry Regime already has more murders than the Clinton Regime.
9 people total on the plane and she was the one who died? Right.
Yes.
Gee don’t go making it obvious guys!
Dead men (or women) tell no tales.
This country and administration has become absolutely disgraceful, why the Citizens have not risen up before now is beyond understanding America has become the laughing stock of the world.
Agreed!
This leads me to ask two questions;
1. Was she dead before she was put on the plane?
2. Was there someone on the plane that had the job of making sure she was dead?
I find it real hard to believe the rest got out with non life threatening injuries and just this woman died.
a play out of the clintons play book
Brings to mind memories of Vince Foster and Ron Brown. Maybe she knew just a little too much.