FIVE STILL MISSING AFTER MID-AIR COLLISION.DIVERS recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fourth body yesterday as investigators searched the Hudson River Hudson River River, New York, U.S. Originating in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing for about 315 mi (507 km) to New York City, it was named for Henry Hudson, who explored it in 1609. Dutch settlement of the Hudson valley began in 1629. off Manhattan, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people. Investigators also were searching for pictures and video of Saturday's accident, which was seen by thousands out enjoying a warm summer's day. Nine people - three members of a Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York family in the private plane, five Italian tourists and a pilot from New Jersey in the Liberty Tours-operated helicopter - died in the collision. One of the Italians was a husband celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. His wife had stayed behind, but their 16-year-old son was in the helicopter. National Transportation Safety Board chairman Debbie Hersman said a nearby helicopter pilot saw the plane approaching the in-flight helicopter and tried in vain to alert his fellow pilot by radio. CAPTION(S): ACCIDENT A splash rises from the Hudson River as debris falls from the sky after a mid-air collision. |
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