Three kids among six people dead in Hudson River helicopter crash

Three children are among the six people killed in a helicopter crash Thursday into the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey.

Videos show the helicopter falling into the Hudson River in the afternoon.

Flight tracking radar shows it was in the air for 16 minutes before it went down.

Rescue efforts got underway within minutes.

Jessica Tisch, the NYPD police commissioner, said “according to the manifest aboard the helicopter were six people.”

“One pilot, two adults and three children – NYPD officers pulled four people from the crash site and FDNY divers recovered an additional two.”

She said four people had died on the scene and two more had died in hospital.

Officials say a family from Spain was on the helicopter, taking a tour of New York City sights.

A law enforcement official identified one member of that family as Agustin Escobar, a Siemens executive.

The pilot was the six person killed.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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