Thelma Wiley Survived Tragic Plane Crash
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88-year-old Thelma Wiley of Sacramento, CA appears on a special Mother’s Day episode #785 of Hometown Heroes, airing May 13-15, 2023. Born and raised in rural Georgia, Thelma survived the tragic crash of Operation Babylift’s initial flight on April 4, 1975.
Before we hear how she ended up on that C-5 Galaxy, we’ll hear about her childhood in a large farming family in the South, complete with a valuable lesson learned in the peanut fields her father tended to daily.
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