block. it s the tallest building on this block. it s also not clear whether there was a helicopter pad on this building. a lot of buildings have helicopter pads. perhaps it tried to land it on the closest pad and didn t quite make it. it is very poor flying conditions for any sort of aircraft right now. and certainly a helicopter having issues over manhattan would have been quite a scare. since you re there, are you seeing any pieces of debris, parts of the helicopter anywhere on the streets below? there is literally, this is the shocking thing to me. i rushed over here a few blocks away from work. i expected to see something, something more substantial or telling of what happened there. but right now there is nothing so far that i can see. i mean, our view is somewhat limited up 7th avenue essentially, but all i see are fire vehicles, balances and the like, and a lot of police vehicles, but so far there seems
racing up the building. you heard the governor say they re putting that out. they re making that response as the whole building is being evacuated at this point to respond to that rooftop. hard to imagine on a day like today you d be sightseeing in a helicopter over manhattan. but myles o brien is the expert in all things aviation. myles, i don t know if you re in manhattan and you ve seen how hard this rain has been coming down all day long, but when you hear the governor describe it as a crash landing or what did he say, a forced landing on the roof of this building, what would be reasons to do that? well, brooke, in the case of helicopters, if you lose an engine, let s say it s a single engine helicopter, the helicopter is capable of doing what s called an auto rotation. essentially the blades keep spinning but just under by virtue of the wind going past them, but it can be survivable.