Six people are dead after a tourist helicopter carrying a family from Spain “split in half” mid-air and spiraled out of the sky before crashing into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon, according to ...

Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. Family members of the ...

A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation ...

UPDATE: Officials close to the investigation tell News 12 that the victims are Agustin Escober and his family. A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed ...

The horrific Hudson River helicopter crash that killed a vacationing family of five last year was no freak accident — but a “predictable” result of the tour operator’s “wanton” negligence, grieving ...

New York lawmakers are calling for tougher safety rules on sightseeing helicopters one year after a deadly Hudson River crash. Officials gathered in Manhattan on Thursday to urge passage of the ...

NEW JERSEY (PIX11)– One year since the deadly Hudson River helicopter crash that killed six people, New York lawmakers are introducing bi-partisan legislation to prevent future tragedies. Rep. Jerry ...

The Spanish executive who was killed along with his family Thursday afternoon in a helicopter crash in New York City was on a vacation celebrating his wife's birthday, according to officials. Agustín ...