A dramatic video circulating on social media purportedly shows a helicopter flying erratically over the East River moments before crash landing on the roof of a high-rise building near New York City’s famed Time Square. “Crazy helicopter on the east river,” Wendy Slater, who goes by @thingswendysees on social media and who was walking a dog, wrote in the post. The video shows the helicopter over the river flying in various directions as the pilot attempts to stop the aircraft from falling out of the sky. HELICOPTER CRASH ON HIGH-RISE BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY LEAVE AT LEAST 1 DEAD, OFFICIALS SAY“It did not look like a helicopter that was crashing or losing altitude,” De Blasio said. HELICOPTER PILOT KILLED IN NEW YORK CITY CRASH IS FORMER VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAYTim McCormack, a former volunteer fire chief and skilled pilot, was the only fatality reported from the crash landing.

Source: Fox News June 11, 2019 15:11 UTC