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Owned the Bell 206 helicopter that was involved in the collision. New York Helicopter, which has been providing excursions for over thirty years, was operating it.
“I have no idea how this happened. The only thing I can say is that my wife hasn’t stopped sobbing since this afternoon, and we are distraught.
“We’re a small business,” Michael Roth, CEO of New York Helicopter, said. “As a grandfather and father, we’re just devastated.”
Since 1977, at least 32 individuals have lost their lives in helicopter accidents in New York, according to the Associated Press.
The most recent incident was in 2019, when a business helicopter crashed into a Manhattan skyscraper’s top, killing the pilot.
What a terrible disaster. The terror this family must have experienced during such a horrific event is difficult to fathom.
They and everyone who knew them have my deepest sympathies. It serves as a sobering reminder of how swiftly things may change.
