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Six dead after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River [SOUND]

# Six people including three children have died after a passenger helicopter they were in crashed into the Hudson River in New York. Officials say the helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside down into the river. Five of the passengers were a family visiting from Spain and the sixth person was the pilot. New York City Police Department commissioner, Jessica Tisch, says the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation into the crash:

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