[acehai]

Any conversation among the helo pilots wouldn't have been "Gee, does that look like a flare to you?"

The word "flare" never entered the conversation between Meyer and Bauer. The question was "Is that Pyro?

Tell me that someone would have missed this at night.

It must be pointed out one more time that it was 8:12 P.M. EDT when the event occurred. It was NOT night. I personally flew over the area last year on July 17 at 8:20 P.M. EDT, and there was still enough daylight to see the buildings of Long Island, as well as air traffic out of JFK.

[acehai]

Sorry for the typo. 8:12 should read 8:31:12 P.M. EDT. Either way, there was still daylight left.

[Non-Sequitur]

Point out whatever you want but please be accurate. The NTSB report says that the crash occured at 8:31 pm EST on July 17, 1996. Sunset occured at 8:24 according to this calculator.