Another day and yet another instance of a helicopter going down in the United States.
New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that on Thursday morning, multiple 911 calls reported a chopper crashed in the Hudson River near the New Jersey coastline at Pier A Park in Hoboken.
The helicopter, operated by the tour company New York Helicopter Charter, is currently submerged in the river.
We are now seeing harrowing footage of the moment that the chopper went down.
One video shows the entire tail being off as the chopper made landfall into the Hudson River.
A second video shows the helicopter in the water.
The helicopter took off from Lower Manhattan, traveled north along the Hudson River, and crashed while returning south.
Reports state that the helicopter stopped in midair, and pieces fell off before it hit the water.
Multiple People, Including Children, Pass Away In Helicopter Crash
Multiple families are devastated this week after losing members of their family in such a tragic way.
A chopper broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront on Thursday.
Six people, three adults and three children, were pulled from the water and pronounced dead at the scene.
At least some of the victims, officials from New York and New Jersey have said, were family members visiting from Spain.
Rest in peace to all involved, and condolences to the family.
