PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A year after a medical jet crashed in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood, residents say the trauma from that night still lingers.

Saturday marks one year since the crash that killed eight people and injured more than 20 others. While the area no longer resembles the chaotic scene left behind that night, neighbors say the emotional recovery is ongoing.

“It feels like it was yesterday,” said Kyle Sokolowski, who lives in the neighborhood. “I don’t have the greatest memory, but with this particular situation. I remember everything about it. It’s traumatic.”

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Sokolowski said nearly 365 days have passed, but January 31, 2025, remains fixed in his mind.

“I don’t sleep good. I have insomnia, I guess. I wake up covered in sweat. I have horrific dreams that I never had,” he said.

Video Sokolowski recorded shows him running toward the crash site as flames filled the roadway. He said he tried to help several victims, including Dominique Goods-Burke.

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Andre Howard was hailed a hero the moment he leapt into action to protect his little sister as a medical jet crashed in Northeast Philadelphia.

“In the moment you’re looking at the whole road on fire with flames everywhere, screaming, it’s kind of like you just jump into action,” he said.

Goods-Burke later died in April after months of treatment in the hospital.

“I think of Dominique regularly,” Sokolowski said.

Businesses near the crash site are also reflecting on the destruction. An insurance company located at the corner of Cottman Avenue and Rupert Street sustained heavy damage.

“All the windows were knocked out, glass shattered everywhere,” said sales associate Argiris Niamonitos.

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The NTSB released new details about the cockpit voice recorder and an onboard computer that were recovered.

The business remained closed for months before reopening.

“The amount of people that came in here afterwards, once we rebuilt, asking us if we were here and if everyone OK, everyone seemed to come together,” Niamonitos said.

City officials were in the neighborhood on Friday, distributing flyers for a memorial being held Saturday. The memorial will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m., followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at the crash site.

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky law firm represents victims of the jet crash.

In a statement, they wrote, “As a Philadelphia firm, we are honored to represent many of the victims whose loved ones have asked us to determine why this crash happened, to hold accountable all those responsible for this catastrophe, and to take all necessary steps to make sure such an aviation disaster can never happen again.”

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