Final Moments Live as the News Helicopters Collide

	Duration: 63 seconds Upload Time: 07-07-27 23:44:20 User: NewsTv :::: Favorites
Description: Two news helicopters collided and crashed Friday while covering a police chase on live television, killing four people on board. PHOENIX - Two news helicopters collided and crashed Friday while covering a police pursuit on live television, killing at least two people. Both helicopters went down in a park in central Phoenix and caught fire. The collision happened as the two choppers broadcast coverage of police pursuing a truck. Cameras aboard both aircraft were pointed at the ground, so viewers did not witness the accident. The first indication of trouble came when pictures from one of the helicopters broke up, then showed spinning images before the station switched to the studio. Television station KNXV reported that it owned one of the choppers. The other was from KTVK, which reported that the pilot and photographer were killed in the crash. Within a minute, other stations with helicopters in the area began reporting news of the crash. The two choppers came down on the grass lawn in front of a boarded-up church at the park. Firefighters swarmed to the area as thick black smoke rose from the scene. Mary Lewis said she was stuck in traffic with her four grandsons and was watching the helicopters. She turned to talk to the children, then saw a fireball in the air when she looked up again. "I looked up and I see this 'boom,' and I see one of the helicopters coming down, and I said 'Oh my God,'" Lewis said. She said she went to the crash site to help, but there was nothing she could do. "It's nothing there," Lewis said. "Just burned-up stuff." Share with friends
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NewsTv ::: Favorites Subscribe to NewsTv for the latest videos on the crash. 07-07-31 19:38:11 _____________________________________________________
stupidsquirrels ::: Favorites Only if they were directly involved, Like if he hit a car and killed the driver. This is an example of what they call a'coincidental incident', he cannot be charged 07-07-31 21:37:35 _____________________________________________________
stupidsquirrels ::: Favorites In legaleze, this is called a coincidental incident, the same way the felon couldn't be charged if a kid playing baseball turned his head to see what was happening and was killed by a fastball. 07-07-31 21:40:37 _____________________________________________________
dr1v3by ::: Favorites Exactly...well said. 07-07-31 22:28:54 _____________________________________________________
dr1v3by ::: Favorites 4 or more Americans are killed EVERYDAY in Iraq. 07-07-31 22:29:34 _____________________________________________________
zombiekillaxx ::: Favorites my god 0_0 07-07-31 23:44:36 _____________________________________________________
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SLEQNick ::: Favorites I thought it was my imagination playing tricks about his scream. Reading what's been said here I guess not :S. (It sounds like something straigh out of an horror movie). I don't think the news women heard him thou. It happenned so fast that you have to be really listening to hear it and she was probably being told to cut to commercial so she probably didn't hear it. RIP and my deepest condoleance to the family 07-08-01 01:55:57 _____________________________________________________
Zoynks ::: Favorites Your choice of language alone exposes your ignorance. 07-08-02 04:11:13 _____________________________________________________
Zoynks ::: Favorites You, yourself, should "use your brain." Do you actually think a chopper pilot would jockey for position or "crawl over eachother" to get the best shot? Competition between stations does not get taken into the air with these guys...for the most part they're all pretty good friends & do everything they can to keep their friends & themselves safe. 07-08-02 04:30:04 _____________________________________________________
wayneherby ::: Favorites it's amazing how the news caster totally ignores the obvious problem onboard the chopper, just saying goto our website for more info...WTF! 07-08-02 05:45:46 _____________________________________________________