[donna]

These are nice people who do traffic and monsoon reporting everyday. This is a tragedy.

[raccoonradio]

yes...this has happened before--WEEI news radio in Boston had a traffic report helicopter hit an apartment bldg (1970s?), killing the pilot and reporter and another traffic report helicopter crashed in NYC (somewhere online there is the anguished final words of the reporter: "hit the water hit the water!") wikipedia: On October 22, 1986, at 4:44 PM, while (Jane) Dornacker was giving one of (WNBC-AM)'s N-Copter traffic reports, the helicopter from which she was reporting plunged into the Hudson River from an altitude of roughly 75 feet. On her final radio broadcast she was giving a report of an accident involving a tractor trailer and a car as well as a car fire. She also stated that the outbound Holland Tunnel was heavy with traffic and that the Lincoln Tunnel was much better with traffic and a car fire. Dornacker was starting her report for incoming New Jersey traffic when the helicopter stalled in mid broadcast. The following is a transcript of the last minutes of her live broadcast in which the crash occurred: Dornacker: It has been cleared out, except heading to New Jersey, the outbound Lincoln Tunnel looks a lot better for you. In New Jersey ... * * Jane Dornacker (panicking): Hit the water! Hit THE WATER! HIT THE WATER!!! * * * Joey Reynolds: Okay, we're going to play some, uh, some music here, I think. * * Joey Reynolds: And find out what's going on with the helicopter, because something happened there.

[HungarianGypsy]

These are nice people who do traffic and monsoon reporting everyday. This is a tragedy.

I agree with this. I have always liked our local helicopter pilots.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

So, a chopper (multiple choppers?) is hovering over the two choppers that crashed and taping it?

[dennisw]

When news choppers collide....If it bleeds it leads, baby!

[Lijahsbubbe]

These are nice people who do traffic and monsoon reporting everyday. This is a tragedy.

I agree, Donna. Very sad.