Alarmed, she rushed to her window and saw the helicopter spiraling out of control before it broke apart and plunged into the river. “It splashed in several pieces,” she recalled, shaken by the event.In Hoboken,
Lesly Camacho, a hostess at a restaurant, also witnessed the crash. She described the helicopter spinning wildly with smoke trailing behind it before crashing violently into the water.Mandy Bowlin, a tourist from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was aboard a Circle Line sightseeing boat when the peaceful excursion turned into a nightmare.
She heard a loud boom and turned to see the helicopter’s rotor blade detach midair before the aircraft nosedived into the water. Bowlin was terrified, especially for her daughter, as debris flew toward their boat,
