ABOUT THE FILM

For more than two decades, EagleMed air ambulance crews took to the skies across the central United States to care for critically ill and injured patients. But behind that lifesaving work is a history marked by devastating helicopter crashes that killed crew members, seriously injured others, and permanently changed the lives of the families, coworkers, and first responders left behind. 

Soul Survivors tells that story through firsthand accounts from flight nurses, paramedics, pilots, first responders, former employees, survivors, and families who experienced these events directly. Their stories reconstruct what happened before, during, and after the crashes while revealing the extraordinary human consequences that can remain long after an accident investigation is closed.

The film also looks beyond the individual crashes to examine larger questions surrounding air-medical safety, regulatory oversight, crash survivability, crash-resistant fuel systems, drug-testing requirements, and the lessons that can be carried forward to protect future flight crews.

At its core, Soul Survivors is about the people behind the aircraft—the crews who went to work expecting to save someone else’s life, and the survivors and families whose experiences continue to shape the conversation about safety in the air-medical industry.