Sean Johnson, a pilot and former U.S. Marine, died in a helicopter crash on Thursday (10) along with a family of five. The aircraft crashed into the Hudson River in New York.
Last Thursday (10), a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York. Six people died. The pilot, Sean Johnson, was seen in a video flying the same model weeks before the accident.
Johnson was a 36-year-old former U.S. Marine. He was flying the family of Agustín Escobar, which included his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and the couple’s three children, ages 4, 5, and 11.
Four of the six victims died at the scene. Two others were taken to the hospital but did not survive their injuries. The aircraft split in half at the moment of the crash. Authorities have yet to reveal the cause of the accident.
A video on Johnson’s Facebook profile shows the pilot flying over the Manhattan area, showing New York City from above. “When everything clicks,” he wrote in the caption.
The helicopter flown appears to be a model similar to the one that crashed into the river on Thursday.
Kathryn Johnson, the pilot’s widow, told Gothamist how she is coping after the loss of her husband. “I’m speechless. I don’t even know what happened. It’s really hard right now,” she said. According to her, flying was his dream.
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