As one of the 5 grandchildren, I am very very grateful you guys got involved. Thank you so much.

Dave Sparks is such a great human constantly putting him self in position to help out people who desperately need help leading by example of what we should all inspire to be to make life on this planet a little bit more bearable always thinking about others and nature he is truly a angel amongst us thanks to him and all his guys

This video made me cry. When Cindy said she misses him and every time she turned around she felt he'd be there. I know how she feels as I lost my wife of 40 years last February. I'm still a wreck. You guys did one heck of a great thing for that family.

50 years I’ve been a pilot ,30 at the airlines. Thanks for helping out God Bless.

There is only one thing we all can say. Thank you for bringing him home Thank you for bringing closure to the family Thank you for doing this Thank you for being there And Thank you for being so kind

As a retired state police crime scene investigator and processor I commend you all for your empathy and respectful handling of this tragic even!

didn't matter how much paperwork you had to do, what matter was bringing Wayne Wirt home, you did an amazing job with doing that.

Having over 2 decades of civilian law enforcement experience and 2 decades in the USMC, I have handled far too many tragedies. I've never seen a crew work with any more compassion and devotion to the tasks at hand. I know for certain your attention to detail and respectful completion of this recovery will help the grieving family immensely. I have no connection to the family, victim or anyone involved, but I still want to say thank you. I liked and subscribed.

As an old retired pilot with 5000 hours of experience I know the loss of fellow pilots. Bless you for what you did.

As a retired law enforcement officer…thank you for your service to the family of the pilot. Very kind

As a priest, it is part of my role to offer closure and comfort to the family by offering the respect that every person is due, particularly at the time of death. It is a true ministry to offer what you have offered this family. Blessings to you for this difficult work. It is not surprising that you experienced such peace in doing so. May God bless and others who have cared for this family.

Seeing the plane being flown directly over the camera and into the sunlight seemed quite symbolic. Great work guys.

As a GA pilot for 48 years, and a sheriff sgt for 28... I have seen the reports and photos of many accidents and viewed wreckage after recovery, and I've been on many a crime scene. This is the first "on scene" recovery I've had the opportunity to witness. This was an outstanding video, compassionate, sensitive, and professional in every respect. Thank you.

is it just me.....or does Diesel Dave seem like one of the best people a person can be?? Always smiling, always hugging, always cheering and making the best of some bad situations!!! DUDE is a real one for sure.

Crap, i promised myself i would not cry, but here i am crying worse than a baby! HeavyD and his crew, thank you for what you are doing for these families providing them with some closure. The wprls needs more "guardian angels on crack" like you guys. Cindy i am truly sorry for your loss may you find some peace and comfort knowing that your husband is back home, i aspire to one day be as strong as you! Sending everyone lots of love and hugs from South Africa ❤❤

“All I’m feeling is Peace and comfort…” to me, this comes from good people doing good things. Thank you.

As a former Army helicopter pilot and Vietnam veteran, I was very touched by the efforts of the Diesel Brothers and all involved. You show the spirit of "leave no man behind" that has always been a creed of Army aviation, one that we all took very seriously. To see the love, care, and effort that everyone involved put into this recovery was quite touching and made me proud. You are good men and I'm proud to know you even if it is just through this online medium. God bless each and every one of you!!

How can a diesel show end up as a reality series that has the ability to make a grown man shed a tear or two. You guys are incredible. I hope you keep doing amazing things like this.

thank you as a pilot that has crashed in the wilderness and almost died for my troubles I am grateful to you for helping to bring a fellow pilot home to be laid to rest so that his family doesn't spend the rest of thier lives mourning for a body that cannot be recovered.

When my child was found passed away, her belongings were given to me a year after… her bag, driving licence, keys, phone.. and a ring that my younger daughter was desperate for… it meant the world to us… you are amazing people.

If no one has ever said this before, HeavyDSparks is basically a human angel walking amongst us !! He always jumps on board to help someone ! You're amazing

Fellow UH-60 A/L aviator here (US Army, retired): we recently lost two dear friends of my own (from college and later in the Army) to a terrible accident that is still under investigation. You really handled this recovery in a professional and compassionate manner; compliments to you and all the members of your team.

God bless all of you that was involved in Wayne’s recovery. You are all Angels on Earth as far as I’m concerned ❤ Prayers and Love to the family and friends. 🙏

I’ve just recently found this channel and am touched by the thoughtfulness toward the family who lost their loved one. I’m from Chehalis Washington and am also a pilot. This channel is using its fame and fortune for good. Major fan after seeing the heart of this channel. God Bless.

Now THIS is what being American is all about! Taking care of your fellow countrymen and women without hesitation! I just wished that more could be like you guys, and those who do things like this without much recognition get that recognition and be saluted as nothing but genuine heroes! Keep up the amazing and honorable work guys! 🙂👍 ❤

I won't lie, I'm a grown man and this made me cry. You guys do amazing work.

As an aviator myself, I say, " Bravo. " job well done. A noble cause.

What you guys did for that family is beyond amazing and I’m sure that family will be eternally grateful!! To have someone like you and all the guys that donated their time and resources is what this country is all about!! God bless!!

Being asked for help from Heavy D is probably the greatest honor anyone could ever have.

As a wife of a retired commercial airline pilot and me being a private pilot- with gratitude and tears for what you have done to help this family. Thank you is not enough 🙏🏻

As a U.S. Navy veteran living in Reykjavik Iceland, I just have to say thank you for what you have done.

Dave, Thank you for this recovery. My husband was in the Air Force and he said the worst job was crash recovery. God bless you and all those that were involved.

This is the sort of content that separates you from everyone else. Real stories real people. Genuine. Nicely done to you and the team.

Total respect for everyone that pitched in on the recovery. This is the real American way. Big hearts and big goals.

The way you guys use your platform and heavy equipment to help people who desperately need it is indescribable. Bless you guys and keep up the great work

Your peace and comfort is no mistake that gentleman died by the sounds of it doing what he loves And you seem to be doing what you love this stuff doesn’t happen by mistake

As a veteran of military aviation (years of A&P school before that), a SCUBA Divemaster, and outdoorsman, I greatly respect the effort put in by the entire team. People like you keep our communities alive. Bravo Zulu. For our fallen brother, Fair Winds, a d Following Seas, we'll see you on the other side. For now, we have the Watch.

Dave and his crew deserve some sort of recognition for what they do paid or not nothing changes BIG heart ♥️ Massive community right here 🤙

What the World needs more of, is people like all the people who helped Wayne and his family. The World would be soooo much better!! I pray for Waynes family. ✝️♥️🙏🏼🙏🏼

I know a woman whose husband was a bush pilot in Alaska. His plane crashed in an area where they cannot get to it and retrieve his body. It has been there for over ten years.

I think the part that touched me the most was seeing Diesel Dave doing his thing and supporting Cindy as the plane was moved into the hanger. That therapeutic touch from another person during hard times helps so much.

As a volunteer firefighter I just wanna say these guys are a major encouragement. There is nothing better and more fulfilling then giving your time, effort and energy to help others in need. To the dave sparks,his crew, the patey brother's and all the rest yall are amazing

Hi from England, I'm ex RAF Firefighter, so have seen a few aircraft mishaps. Your dedication and quiet professional work is fantastic. Great work.

a sad story of a man who passed, doing what he loved to do, and you guys brought comfort and closure, a job well done.

My heart hurts so badly for a family I didn't know 36 minutes ago. With every ounce of my being I wholeheartedly thank everyone involved in Wayne's recovery. I am one person, but I am grateful for you all.

There isn’t a single person/team I respect more than HeavyD and his guys. The enthusiasm to help those in desperately difficult situations is unmatched. Thank you, for everything you guys do!

As an aviator, this news really hits hard. God bless Wayne and his family. Rest in peace.

Man I’ve preached funerals of some folks I didn’t know, family and friends.. But stepping back and watching this just brings tears.. God bless this family and y’all as well…

As a sister pilot and former military aviation disaster responder, I am very glad that it was fellow aviators who coordinated and executed this mission. Way to be be good wingmen, guys. ❤

🙏 Fly high with the angels, Wayne! Rest in Paradise! Thank you for all you do, Dave! Much love!

Because of you and your crew I still believe in humanity and kindness.. thank you for helping that family

The world needs more people like you guys, Amazing human beings, Thank YOU

As a fellow aviator, thank you for using your resources and huge heart to help out this family! This world needs more people like you!! ❤

This broke my heart as a father, brother and son.. You guys are some real angels for people in need. All respect for you guys!

You and your team members are what is great in this world! God is watching brother and may he bless you and your families!

Dave and his team are exceptional people. Real life heroes.

Every time I think HeavyD can’t get any more generous he goes and does it again. Amazing team you’ve created.

Kudos to all the kind men and women who worked to rescue this pilot's remains and his plane and personal belongings in such a respectful manner.

Dave and crew... I can only imagine the peace you brought this family. Its hard enough to grieve let alone having all these obstacles. Thank you so much for helping them grieve. Much love! 💞

"This is a brother, this is one of our guys". What I'm most impressed by here is not the recovery, but how amazing you guys are with people and talking to the family who lost a loved one.

Seeing Dave and the crew use their skills, connections, and finances to help people in need is tremendous. We need more people like y’all around.

Respect, bro. As a retired uk emergency and rescue, I can say how much of a respectful courtesy you did the families here. 👍

You guy's are Good People . Enough said.

As somebody who lives three hours away from this incident, and I live in Linn County. I want to say thank you for all your hard work. I wish we had more people like you.

I don’t think this will ever be surpassed… you and your teams generosity and respect is a pure reminder that there are great people in this world who will help anyone at any time.

You are incredibly generous with all that you do to help others. Thank you for being a positive role model for many young people.

Im back a year later to say it again. You guys are saints. True heroes helping your fellow human beings. So honorable. Much respect for you all

As a fellow aviator I'm gaining huge respect for you and your entire crew. I 've been following your vids for some time now and know that you have a huge heart. Thank you for all you do.

I've already said it and I say it again: these videos involving a human loss are always edited so tastefully. It's hard to loose a family member so every help counts. It's awesome for all those people getting involved, wanting to help no matter time or money. Dave always has the golden hand in assembling exactly the right crew... 😎👍

I've seen some of your work before, but this one was absolutely the most powerful and spiritual to me. Several heavy tears moments. Goddamn you guys are appreciated.

Cameron did a great thing by letting you know about this. Thank you for taking on this project and putting it together. The kindness and generosity of everyone who worked on this project is amazing. You all rescued this family in so many ways. Thank you for taking on this extremely difficult project. Thank you for leaving crash site pristine. Nature is sacred and essential. These areas must be protected and preserved for the future. God bless all of you, as well as Wayne's family and friends.😮

Never seen such an incredible group of people, helping the desperate in need. May that fellow aviator rest in peace.

I’ve been working on helicopters and airplanes for 27 years. Thank you for what you did for this family. You are right when you said aviation is a small community. My condolences to the family for their loss. 🙏🏼✝️

Over a year later and this story still gets to me. Thank you, so much, for taking this on. I learned of your helping this family after an extensive and exhausting campaign to try to find locals to help. It pained me to see so many in the aviation community, not want to get involved. Thank you, again for your work.

The burden of the death of a loved one should never come with a literal financial weight following some could possibly afford it but most will be destroyed emotionally and financially thank god you found there situation and helped

Your respect and dignity you gave Mr Wirt is down right amazing. You were able to show what it takes to do such a recovery while maintaining the respect something like this deserves. ❤

Dude, the stories, the cinematography, the music, the emotion, the editing! You sir, and your team, are killing it these days! Some of the most compelling KZfaq video on KZfaq! I can’t say enough, well done. You’re a good egg Charlie Brown!❤

What you guys did for Wayne and his family was so special. much love and respect to all of you. RIP Wayne♥

Humans can be amazing! This is a story that resonates and I'm grateful that you made this happen. God bless and be safe.

This brought me to tears, I have never been prouder to be a fan and subscriber of someone more than I am you. You are a hero to so many people. R.I.P Wayne.

My dad was killed when I was 13 years old, I watched my poor mom suffer through loosing her best friend and husband. The grief and difficulties were so hard. What you did for this family is extremely amazing.

Cant believe its been over a year since you guys did this recovery. This recovery and the Ron Barker recovery are hands down the 2 recoveries that show exactly how humble you, Diesel Dave, Hans, and the rest of your crew are and how willing you guys are to help people when they need it the most. You deserve everything you have in this world plus some.

Ah the algorithm showed this video to me today. It was a great watch. 2 years later, awesome job doing this for the family. A great example of what being a good person is.

Although I am not an Aviator, I am a human being and my hat is off to everyone involved in this recovery. You all handled it with the utmost care and compassion for Wayne and his family. I have been a subscriber to your channel for a long time but today you proved to me that I made the right decision to sub to your channel. And to Waynes family, I want to extend my sincerest condolences for your loss. RIP Mr Wirt,

Having lost my father several months ago this brought painful yet cheerful tears to my eyes. I couldn't imagine what this family went through before you stepped in to save the day. Salute to you and all of the crew involved.

Heavy D can make the impossible possible. Your ❤ is showing AGAIN. Thank you!😊

Sir you are an amazing human being! You and the whole crew! Living legend Dave Sparks literally 🔥🔥🔥

This is the type of content that KZfaq should be showing instead of all the other garbage seen. It shows humanity exists.

As a career firefighter, rescue medic and a pilot, I feel honored to have seen this. The main media is full of lies and garbage, yet this type of story goes largely untold. This makes the internet worth it for sure. What an amazing group of people, who saw this terrible story and decided to actually help. My heart goes out to Wayne and his family, but you for sharing this story.

sorry for your loss I'm extremely sorry to hear about this it is a great loss for the aviation family

You guys are literal angels. Thank you for all that you do........

This hits very close to home for me. My dad crashed and perished in his Lancair Legacy in the El Dorado forest in May of 2011. He was supposed to arrive at our ranch in the afternoon but never did. I had the unfortunate burden of getting the process started of trying to locate him. Initially your thoughts go from one of hope that maybe he had to divert to a remote airstrip without any services where he can't get ahold of his family to hoping he's not cold or trapped in the plane and its just a matter of time before he's found alive to the shock that someone has found the wreckage and no one survived. Getting that personal effects bag all sealed up and touching the very items your dad had used bet perished with is still emotional for me. sometimes I will look through his logbook and see the trips we went on and reflect upon it with happiness. It took SAR volunteers 48 hours to find the crash site. All of the things in this video regarding the banks and accounts needing a death certificate to continue paying bills or accessing the money are 100 percent true. I commend you, Ryan McDonald with Northwoods Helicopters, the Pateys and everyone who committed their time and resources to helping this family move on from what can only be described as an instant and complete disruption to the their lives which will have lasting effects for many years. Great job Heavy D!

Pretty amazing to see the Patey brothers working along side Heavy D and crew to help a fellow aviator’s family… Aviation community is one of the best out there.

You and you're crew are a bunch of amazing people. Nothing but respect for you all

Just watch your recovery of Wayne Wirt remains and the wreckage, very moving to watch this...all I can say is a job well done.

I don’t think there is a man or woman that watched this that didn’t shed a tear very heavy. Thank you for bringing this to us all I’m sure it was hard on you all and might only still be sinking in to what you all were involved in and what it means to this family. Your a bunch of legends. Cheers to you all from Darwin Australia.

It's a journey or a calling only a few can do. You and your crew have done a lot for this family. The sense of relief for them to finally be able to rest.. They will forever remember you .

What you guys did is admirable. Thank you all. An unselfish act of true kindness.

He looked like a cool guy, Rest in Peace! You guys are awesome, big Respect from EU, Hungary😁

The biggest hero in this story, apart from the man who reared a great family and unfortunately died, was the mother. She is incredibly strong to be able to deal with this situation as gracefully as she did and may her husband forever rest in peace.