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Posted on 07/27/2007 1:17:37 PM PDT by Milwaukee_Guy
Phoenix — Two helicopters collided in midair and crashed while covering a police pursuit in central Phoenix Friday afternoon, killing at least two people. Both helicopters were news choppers from local television stations.
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(sigh) Professionalism first! Are they giving pilot’s licenses to yahoos now?
i remember when this happened... Jane Dornacker used to do traffic reporting in the San Francisco Bay Area for KFRC's Dr. Don Rose segment... they were always being funny... she moved to NY... she was also an aspiring actress... she had been in a previous helicopter crash, where she and the pilot hit the water and survived... they were able to swim away from the wreckage... so when it was happening again, she told the pilot to hit the water... the second time they did not survive... it made the news here because of her earlier work on KFRC... this was very sad...
Let’s see how they dole out blame for an incident of their own making.
why on earth do so many freepers use otherwise tragic events to be dickheads?
pray tell..
that is unusual logic
Whole dang sky? It’s not quite as simple as that when one is maneuvering, especially in an urban area.
Still, this wasn’t an essential function, it was a silly car chase, and the pilots didn’t have to do what they did. They put sensationalism over professionalism, and a tragedy was the result.
A few here haven’t a clue. I wouldn’t pay them much attention.
It’s not, as I’m sure you agree. And I resent the fact that they will spend hours upon hours chasing after cops who are chasing after criminals, and neglect reporting actual news!
/rant
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Not Rant,,,Fact,,,
Is it gunna change ?,,,Not a chance...
Live video from the Channel 15 chopper as it went down.
Disturbing......
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=3645
no kidding..
No, it likely won’t change. But this is ridiculous to put lives at risk over, not only the crew, but, as you mentioned, it could have also caused deaths of school children, if the location had been elsewhere when they crashed.
I don’t think it’s worth people dying over car chases.
Very sad.
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AP/La Voz-The Arizona Republic, AJ Alexander -------------------------------- Could be this year's Pulitzer Prize photo. Did an amateur take this?
TANKS M_GUY,,,Prayers Up...
Godspeed!
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Police and firefighters stand near the site of a helicopter crash in Indian Steele Park.
What an awful day for their families and friends.
That was a disturbing video.
I doubt they would zoom in that much on any station. I recall watching stuff like this, and very rarely do stations zoom in enough to where you can see anybody.
For example, last year or so there was some incident in Colorado with a guy who was shot by cops on a freeway during a chase. The news didn’t zoom in very much...you saw the guy fall kind of, but that was about it....very distant.
Just like this coverage. I saw one shot that was quite close...50 feet or so away on the ground...but the rest has been far away.
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