Cassandra Addington, an emergency department nurse practitioner and flight nurse with Reid Health, talks with Northeastern Wayne Schools students after they watched a care flight helicopter land at the high school April 15. “I love being able to save lives with the skills and training I have,” she said.
The spectacle was a part of a student career opportunities program organized by Northeastern, Reid Health and IU East in collaboration with Lutheran Air.
Joshua Smith captured these photos for the Western Wayne News.
Cassandra Addington, an emergency department nurse practitioner and flight nurse with Reid Health, talks with Northeastern Wayne Schools students after they watched a care flight helicopter land at the high school April 15. “I love being able to save lives with the skills and training I have,” she said. 
Photo by Joshua Smith 
Photo by Joshua Smith 
Photo by Joshua Smith 
Photo by Joshua Smith 
Photo by Joshua Smith
A version of this article appeared in the April 22 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.