'I'm Gonna Save Lives' Is One Of Final Texts Local Fallen Navy Sailor Bailey Tucker Sent To His Former Coach

CBS St. Louis

September 8, 2021

News 4 is learning new details on the Naval helicopter accident that left five sailors dead in San Diego last week. The Navy is now reporting that the helicopter was making a landing on the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier when the aircraft's rotor hit the deck before falling off the side of the ship. One of the five sailors who didn't make it was Parkway North High School graduate Bailey Tucker.

"It's heartbreaking for someone who had his whole life ahead of him," Matthew Conley said.

Conley was Tucker's wrestling coach throughout most of high school. He says Tucker always had big dreams. One of those was serving for the United States military.

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