so what happens when they are the news? brooklyn, new york, may 4th, 2004. a tv news helicopter is dispatched to the city s flatbush neighborhood to cover a shooting. it arrives about 6:15 p.m. and begins hovering over the police cars at the scene. it s business as usual until suddenly the helicopter s camera goes haywire and then the shot dies. bystanders look up and see the helicopter spiraling out of control. suddenly we heard a loud pow! when we looked up, there it was. we saw the helicopter. i said the helicopter is in distress. another news helicopter responding to the same story begins filming chopper 4 s wild fall from the sky. it suddenly started coming right down. but guess where it was coming? right down at us. we started running. it came right down coming down, i said, no, no, no, no, no. the helicopter with two pilots and a reporter on board
the helicopter with two pilots and a reporter on board twirls and twists around like a corkscrew. the pilot, fighting for control. it was coming down like this, like this, coming down, coming down. but it s no use. the 3,000-pound aircraft slams into a chimney on a four-story apartment building, then flips over onto a lower roof next door. breaking apart into pieces. it looked like certain death for those inside. but then, amazingly, the pilot hasan kahn and reporter andrew torres managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own. pilot russ mowry, however, is stuck inside, and the engine is still running with 80 gallons of fuel on board, threatening to ignite. police officers arrive within minutes. they were already on the scene responding to the earlier shooting that the helicopter originally was sent to cover. he was telling us, pull the red levers, pull the red levers. to stop the engine. to stop the engine, yes.
control. suddenly we heard a loud boom! when we looked up, there it was. we saw the helicopter. i said the helicopter is in distress. another news helicopter responding to the same story starts filming the chopper 4 s wild fall from the sky. it suddenly started coming right down. but guess where it was coming? right down at us. we started running. it came right down coming down, i said, no, no, no, no, no. the helicopter with two pilots and a reporter on board twirls and twists around like a corkscrew. the pilot, fighting for control. it was coming down like this, like this, coming down, coming down. but it s no use. the 3,000-pound aircraft slams into a chimney on a four-story still running with 80 gallons of fuel on board, threatening to ignite. police officers arrive within minutes. they were already on the scene responding to the earlier shooting that the helicopter originally was sent to cover.
i said, no, no, no, no, no. the helicopter with two pilots and a reporter on board twirls and twists around like a corkscrew. the pilot, fighting for control. it was coming down like this, like this, coming down, coming down. but it s no use. the 3,000-pound aircraft slams into a chimney on a four-story apartment building, then flips over onto a lower roof next door. breaking apart into pieces. it looked like certain death for those inside. but then, amazingly, the pilot hasan kahn and reporter andrew torres managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own. pilot russ mowry, however, is stuck inside, and the engine is still running with 80 gallons of fuel on board, threatening to ignite. police officers arrive within minutes. they were already on the scene responding to the earlier shooting that the helicopter originally was sent to cover. he was telling us, pull the red levers, pull the red levers.
brooklyn, new york, may 4th, 2004. a tv news helicopter is dispatched to the city s flatbush neighborhood to cover a shooting. it arrives about 6:15 p.m. and begins hovering over the police cars at the scene. it s business as usual until suddenly the helicopter s camera goes haywire and then the shot dies. bystanders look up and see the helicopter spiraling out of control. suddenly we heard a loud boom! when we looked up, there it was. we saw the helicopter. i said the helicopter is in distress. another news helicopter responding to the same story starts filming the chopper 4 s wild fall from the sky. it suddenly started coming right down. but guess where it was coming? right down at us. we started running. it came right down coming down, i said, no, no, no, no, no. the helicopter with two pilots and a reporter on board twirls and twists around like a corkscrew.