Mourners gather for the funeral of paramedic Mick Wilson. Photo: Nick Moir
Colleagues of NSW helicopter paramedic Mick Wilson have carried his coffin into a Sydney church.
His wife Kellie, his two young daughters and his son walked into St James Anglican Church in central Sydney as a guard of honour was formed by paramedics and police officers outside the church.
His coffin, wrapped in an Australian flag, was carried in by his colleagues in the NSW Ambulance’s Special Casualty Access Team (SCAT).
Farewelled … Mick Wilson with his wife Kellie. Photo: NSW Ambulance Service.
Hundreds packed out the church while hundreds more watched from TV screens outside the church.
The 41-year-old helicopter paramedic died after a winch line was cut during a complex rescue operation on the NSW south coast on Christmas Eve.
Mr Wilson, a paramedic for 15 years, is the first NSW paramedic to be killed on duty in more than 30 years.
AAP
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