‘They left collectively’: Member of the family of Hudson River helicopter crash victims speaks out
The brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, the younger spouse and mom who died on this week’s New York Metropolis helicopter crash together with 4 different relations and the pilot, threw flowers into the mist-covered Hudson River on Saturday to honor the victims.
Shortly after the flowers have been thrown close to the location of the crash, Joan Camprubi and Mayor Eric Adams spoke to the press.
“They left collectively. They left with out struggling,” Camprubi mentioned.
“We mourn the lives of Agustín, Merce and their three lovely kids, Victor, Mercedes and Augustine. Our hearts are damaged,” Adams added.
“You could have 8.5 million New Yorkers who wish to say to the relations and to the broader Spanish neighborhood that we’re right here with you, and this symbolic gesture is our means of figuring out and acknowledging that our phrases can not deliver again their relations, however it’s our means of claiming as New Yorkers, we stand united with this household throughout this second of grief, and their grief is our grief,” Adams mentioned.
Now relations of the victims are asking for privateness as they proceed to mourn their family members.
“We wish to transfer the our bodies as quickly as attainable, dwelling, again dwelling, with all of the household, to relaxation in peace collectively in our place,” Camprubi mentioned.
“But in addition we wish to thank all of the institutional help that we obtained, ranging from Spain, from additionally Catalonia, from U.S., New York, New Jersey. Everyone has been supporting us, and particularly additionally Siemens as an organization, the place Merce and Agustín have been working,” he continued.The doomed plane, a Bell 206, broke aside over the Hudson River Thursday afternoon and plunged into the water under with a loud increase, killing the Spanish household of 5 and the pilot on board throughout a tour over Manhattan that was meant to have a good time one of many relations’ birthdays.
Agustín Escobar and Merce Camprubi Montal, a married couple from Spain, have been recognized as two of the grownup victims. The Spanish Overseas Ministry confirmed that the couple and their three kids died within the helicopter crash.
A senior New York Metropolis official advised NBC New York the third grownup sufferer was the pilot, Sean Johnson. Johnson was 36 years previous, in line with the Jersey Metropolis mayor’s workplace.
Officers who’ve been working to get better the items of the helicopter and different particles from the Hudson mentioned the plane was operated by the tour firm New York Helicopters.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board is main the investigation. The reason for the crash stays unclear.
NBC aviation analyst Jeff Guzzetti mentioned on NBC’s “TODAY” present Friday that climate doesn’t seem like an element, though there have been some gusts and wind within the space. He famous they’re wanting into potential {hardware} points that might have befallen the flight.
