to confirm the identity of the pilot. he's 33-year-old richard vance, who has reportedly been flying helicopters for a long time according to family members, and is said to be cooperating with investigators today. >> bill: had this company had problems before, laura? >> reporter: we've been looking into the safety record of liberty helicopters. it does promote itself as the largest and most experienced helicopter sight seeing helicopter service in the northeast. but there have been several accidents. you might remember we reported on this in 2009. there was a really bad crash. a liberty helicopter and a small plane collided above the hudson river when five italian tourists and the pilot were killed. in 2007 one of the companies fell 500 feet into the hudson river. but that pilot was able to save the seven passengers. ntsb will be on the scene shortly and we will bring you developments. >> bill: thank you starting us off in manhattan.
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