The rescue vessel was at the end of a lengthy maintenance pier for one of the Holland Tunnel’s ventilation towers, which is located near the Manhattan coastline.
The lights of fire engines and other emergency vehicles were flashing on the streets close to the area. Both commercial and tourist airplanes, as well as individual leisure aircraft,
Often occupy the skies above Manhattan. A number of helipads in Manhattan transport business leaders and others to locations around the city.
There have been other incidents over the years, including one in 2009 that killed nine people when an aircraft and a tourist helicopter collided.
Over the Hudson River, and another in 2018 that killed five people when a charter helicopter providing “open door” trips crashed into the East River.
The United States saw its worst aviation catastrophe since 2001 when a jet operated by American Airlines crashed with a military helicopter near Washington, DC, on January 29.
