Mourners gather to remember Pa. family killed in air collision over New York's Hudson RiverAugust 14th, 2009 Mourners gather in Pa. for 3 dead in air collisionDRESHER, Pa.
Manhattan funeral home holds prayer service for Italian victims of NYC air collisionAugust 12th, 2009 Service held for Italian victims of NYC air crashNEW YORK — A Roman Catholic prayer service is being held in Manhattan for five Italian victims of the air collision over the Hudson River. Family members and friends of the victims attended the service at Campbell's Funeral Home on Wednesday.
Pilot of plane that collided with helicopter picked fateful route down NY's Hudson RiverAugust 11th, 2009 Pilot of Hudson collision plane chose river routeHOBOKEN, N.J. — It was easy banter about which route the pilot of a Piper airplane would take through the busy airspace over New York's Hudson River.
NY police divers find man's body in Hudson River wreckage of plane that collided with chopperAugust 11th, 2009 NY police divers find man's body in plane wreckageHOBOKEN, N.J. — Hudson River divers on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane and one of two victims missing following a midair collision with a sightseeing helicopter that killed nine people.
NY divers resume search for 2 victims from plane-helicopter collision that killed 9August 11th, 2009 Divers back in the water at NY collision siteHOBOKEN, N.J. — Divers are back in New York's Hudson River around the site where a plane and sightseeing helicopter collided over the weekend, killing nine people.
Police diver: Low visibility, strong currents complicate Hudson River crash recovery effortAugust 11th, 2009 Murky water, currents hinder Hudson River recoveryNEW YORK — It's an eerie underwater world that few people will ever see — an unforgiving morass of mud, rocks and collapsed pilings from old piers. But the bottom of the Hudson River is familiar territory to New York Police Department divers, who have spent the past three days working to retrieve the bodies of victims from Saturday's deadly collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane.
Divers back in Hudson River, hoping to recover plane, 2 remaining victims of collisionAugust 11th, 2009 Divers return to Hudson, hoping to recover planeHOBOKEN, N.J. — New York police divers and crews from the Army Corps of Engineers worked together Tuesday afternoon on efforts to recover the last two victims of a plane-helicopter collision that killed nine people.
Blind groping in murky, debris-filled Hudson: All in a day's work for NYPD diversAugust 11th, 2009 NYPD divers grope blindly in fast, murky HudsonNEW YORK — It's an eerie underwater world that few people will ever see — an unforgiving morass of mud, rocks and collapsed pilings from old piers. But the bottom of the Hudson River is familiar territory to New York Police Department divers, who have spent three days working to retrieve the bodies of victims from Saturday's deadly collision between a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane.
NYPD: Bodies of plane pilot, adult passenger remain missingAugust 10th, 2009 NYPD: Bodies of plane pilot, adult passenger remain missingHOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers resume their search Monday for the bodies of the pilot of the small plane and an adult passenger who were killed along with seven others in a midair collision over the Hudson River.
NJ official: Divers in Hudson River find wreckage of plane that hit tour helicopterAugust 10th, 2009 NJ official: Divers find plane wreckage in HudsonNEW YORK —A New Jersey state police official says divers have found the wreckage of a plane that collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. Lt. Albert Ponenti said Monday that the single-engine Piper was found in 50 feet of water about 250 yards from the New Jersey side of the river.
NYPD divers find man's body in wreckage of plane in Hudson River collisionAugust 10th, 2009 NYPD divers find body in plane wreckageHOBOKEN, N.J. —New York City police say they've found a man's body in the wreckage of a plane in the Hudson River.
NYPD divers locate what they believe is wreckage of plane in midair collision over HudsonAugust 10th, 2009 NYPD: Divers believe they've found plane wreckageNEW YORK —A New York police spokesman says divers have discovered what they believe is the wreckage of a plane that collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Monday that divers had returned to the water as of 2:45 p.m.
Officials tell AP 9 victims of Hudson crash include 3 from Pa., 5 from ItalyAugust 9th, 2009 9 victims in Hudson crash include 3 teensHOBOKEN, N.J. —The nine victims presumed dead in the midair crash of a tourist helicopter and plane above the Hudson River include five Italian tourists and a suburban Philadelphia pilot.
NYC mayor: 5th body found in Hudson River from midair crash that killed 9August 9th, 2009 5th body found in Hudson River from midair crashHOBOKEN, N.J. —New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a fifth body has been recovered from the wreckage of a helicopter-plane crash above the Hudson River.
Plane hits helicopter over Hudson River, both crash into waterAugust 8th, 2009 Plane, helicopter collide over Hudson RiverNEW YORK —The Coast Guard says a small plane has collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River. Witnesses say the accident happened just after noon between Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J.