Last Man Standing: pilot survives crash, others confirmed dead.

March 12, 2018

The pilot of a helicopter that went down in New York's East River Sunday is the sole survivor of the crash, after all five passengers died.

Three of the passengers rescued had been taken to hospital with critical injuries after surviving the crash, but the New York City Fire Department confirmed their deaths early Monday.
The sixth person on the helicopter, the pilot, was able to free himself and was rescued, the fire department Commissioner; Daniel Nigro said earlier. He was taken to the hospital for observation.

The rescue team

 One of the most difficult parts of the rescue were that five people were tightly harnessed," Nigro said. "People had to be cut out."

This is however not the first crash to occur at the same River


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